Wrapping up 2020 with a win right here.
The other day, we showed you a story from up in Canada were a friendly young buck (affectionally named Carrot) wound up with a crossbow bolt through his head. The bolt didn’t seem to affect him, but of course still poses a serious risk to Carrot, and removing it would’ve been extremely difficult.
However, over the weekend, members of the Ministry of Natural Resources showed up to help out Carrot and were successfully able to remove the bolt from his head. It was touch and go for while, but Carrot pulled through.
“Carrot had been darted again and the bolt was removed. It wasn’t anything I expected so I ran out the door with no socks, wet hair and my husband in search for Carrot. We found him in a backyard with the MNR trying desperately to revive him. They decided to dart him again and remove the bolt. It pulled out relatively easy. He was injected with antibiotics and his ears were tagged. (The MNR does not want the public to eat this deer as he is full of chemicals). However, those tags will serve to make him recognizable and protect him if he makes it through this ordeal.
They don’t fair well with stress and, Carrot was under a lot of stress. Things didn’t go as easily as we would have all liked but, the team from the Ministry of Natural Resources made a valiant effort to help Carrot. There were several times when things were not looking good for Carrot and we almost lost him, but they didn’t give up. Over the course of nearly 8 hours, they stayed with him, even when their legs went numb. and held his head up so he could breathe.”
After going missing for two days, it didn’t look good for Carrot…
But thankfully, he has been found again, doing better than ever.
“I last saw him 2 days ago and he wasn’t doing well. I have been searching for him ever since. Today, I found him and I can say he he going to be fine. He licked me for a whole 2 minutes. I was too happy to film. He is home again.”
An incredible story with a happy ending.
