PHOTOS: It's not the kind of rescue they're called to every day, but firefighters in Andover and Oak Grove, Minn., made the best of what they had — on a pair of newborn fawns.
Fire Chief Curt Hallerman said an Oak Grove homeowner heard cries coming from a creek Tuesday. When firefighters arrived, they found Anoka County deputies with the two fawns already pulled out of the water, one with an umbilical cord attached. A doe watched from nearby. It was a sad situation, Hallerman said. One of the fawns was all but lifeless, the other clearly in desperate condition. A deputy administered oxygen to one of the animals. Firefighters joined in.
"Andover had recently completed basic animal rescue training," Hallerman said later. "And they also had some specialized gear for actually doing CPR on animals, such as dogs and cats, so we called them to assist."