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Navy in hour-long rescue mission to save pregnant deer
View(s):The Navy this week rescued a pregnant deer from drowning in the seas off Trincomalee.
The frightened animal who was being bitten and chased by dogs had jumped into the sea and was being dragged away into mid sea by the current when the Navy rescued it in the nick of time.
After an hour-long rescue mission by four divers the animal was brought ashore and treated at the Navy camp.
The pregnant deer gave birth soon after the rescue, and both mother and fawn are doing well, a Navy spokesman said.
The rescue operation under way
Pix courtesy Sri Lanka Navy