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| 7/13/2006 9:55:00 AM | Email this article • Print this article
Comment on this article | Dying deer given CPR
By Corey Wicks
Wallowa County Chieftain
When it comes to concern for wildlife, people in Joseph put their mouth where their concern is.
Literally.
Wallowa County Detective Neil Rogers was called to a report of a deer that had been hit by a vehicle Sunday, July 2, in downtown Joseph. When Rogers arrived a crowd of people had gathered in the street and were in the process of pulling the deer out from underneath a trailer, Rogers said.
The deer was badly mangled but managed to wake up and stumble past the crowd. It then fell into a nearby creek and started drowning.
Rogers went to re-park his car and when he returned, two men were pulling the deer out of the creek.
“One guy was giving compressions and the other guy was giving it mouth-to-mouth,” Rogers said. “I couldn’t really look over there because I was starting to laugh too hard. It had to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in law enforcement.”
The detective didn’t know whether a person could contract any unusual diseases by giving CPR to a deer.
“I don’t even like touching those things without gloves. I couldn’t even imagine going to that extreme,” Rogers said.
The deer was too badly injured to survive, he said. Rogers then took the deer behind a building and shot it.
The detective didn’t know whether the first aid responders were locals, but speculated that they were “probably from Portland or somewhere.” He added, “they haven’t been around here much.”
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Reader Comments
Posted: Saturday, December 30, 2006
Article comment by:
Buck Hunter
OH DEER!!
Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Article comment by:
Scott Tucker
How ridculous!
The funny thing to me is that these same two flakes, who tried to save the poor little deer by giving it CPR would cross the street to avoid a homeless man asking for help.
Black-tailed deer are not on the endangered species list.
The most humane and cost-effective action was taken by the officer.
Posted: Thursday, July 20, 2006
Article comment by:
Rick Roseland
As a hunter let me say that it is not whether or not the act of CPR could have helped or not in this situation. I also have tried this with deer caught in floodiing streams with no luck. We who hunt work endlessly to try and promote wildlife and it would seem the motives of the two men who tried to help the poor animal were heart felt and good. God Bless them for trying no matter what the odds or how "funny" it may have looked. Compassion is still formost whether we hunt or not.
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