An injured male spotted deer was rescued from a residential complex in Thane on Tuesday. The deer was brutally attacked by stray dogs as its antlers got stuck between the gates of Rutu Enclave, a residential society in Thane. The joint rescue operation was carried out by teams of Wildlife Welfare Association, Disaster Management Team of TMC, RAWW and Forest Department

"On June 9, at around 7:30 am we received a distress call on our helpline number about a deer in distress. The caller said that the animal was bleeding profusely from its head that had got stuck between the society gates. Our rescue team members Aditya Patil, Omkar Kolekar and Swapnil Veer reached the spot immediately and with the help of Disaster Management Team rescued the deer. The team safely removed the head and the antlers of the deer which got stuck in the gate and after freeing the animal, they wrapped him with a cloth as it was bleeding from his back, had stomach wounds and its hind leg was ruptured.," Said Aditya Patil, President of NGO WWA.