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Caught On Camera: Ramapo Police Help Struggling Deer Caught In Soccer Net

RAMAPO, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Police in Rockland County came to the rescue for an animal in desperate need and it was all caught on camera.

The video shows two Ramapo police officers helping a struggling deer caught in a soccer net.

The animal got all tangled up in the net in the backyard of a home in the Wesley Hills section.

Nice job by PO Gravina and PO Carbone! This afternoon they responded to a home in the Wesley Hills section of the Town of Ramapo for a deer stuck in a soccer net. Thankfully, the officers were able to free the deer. The deer did not appear to suffer any injuries.

Posted by Town of Ramapo Police Department on Thursday, January 9, 2020

Eventually, the officers were able to free the deer.

It ran off and didn't appear to be injured.

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