Firefighters rescue young deer from icy Lake Wyola

  • Source: Amherst Bulletin
  • Published: 12/06/2021 01:03 PM

PHOTOS: Firefighters rescued a young deer after it fell through the ice on Lake Wyola on Monday morning. Shutesbury Fire Chief Walter Tibbetts said someone called Shelburne Control shortly before 7:30 a.m. to report a deer on the frozen lake. Tibbetts told the Greenfield Recorder he went to the scene to evaluate the situation and saw the young male deer fall through the ice, prompting him to dispatch some crew members. The chief said his department borrowed a canoe and paddles from a nearby resident and firefighter Richard Trimble and Lt. Leonard Czerwonka ventured into the lake, using the vessel and paddles to break away ice. "It was definitely this year's batch," Tibbetts said about the youth of the deer. "(It) must of have separated from its mother."



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