A quick\u002Dthinking Ottawa Fire Services rescue team outwitted a panicked deer that had crashed through the ice on the Ottawa River on Saturday morning.
The team was called to the Shirley’s Bay Park area at about 10 a.m. and attempted to approach the animal from the solid ice side.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
“The deer still got scared as we approached, but self-rescued itself onto the solid ice as opposed to open water, & ran to shore,” the fire service said in a Twitter message.
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