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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,319 posts)
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 03:51 PM Mar 2018

Finnish Coast Guard officers rescue fawn stranded on ice.

Retweeted by The Associated Press: https://twitter.com/AP

Oh deer: Finnish coast guard officers rescue fawn stranded on ice http://apne.ws/c8LpwdA



Finland: Coast guard gives unsteady fawn a hand off ice

Today

HELSINKI (AP) — A fawn that became stranded on a patch of ice in Finland’s Inkoo archipelago has gotten a hand from members of the Finnish coast guard. ... They spotted the unsteady animal from their hovercraft during a regular patrol on Saturday.

Senior Coast Guard officer Sebastian von Bruun filmed colleague Kristian Rasted pulling the “helpless white-tailed deer on the slippery ice” back to shore. Rasted gave a thumbs-up after the fawn rushed into the woods. ... Von Brunn said: “The mother deer was very happy and grateful to get her baby back.”

The Coast Guard said while animal rescue missions are not part of its personnel’s normal duties, they do occur from time to time.

The Finnish Border Guard, of which the coast guard is past, posted the rescue video on social media.
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Finnish Coast Guard officers rescue fawn stranded on ice. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 OP
Whew!! I thought it was finnished there for a minute underpants Mar 2018 #1
Whew! Leith Mar 2018 #2

Leith

(7,808 posts)
2. Whew!
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 12:45 AM
Mar 2018

Hell-sinki-ing into the water under the ice would have been bad...





Was that stretching the pun too far?

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