Acres rescues baby sambar deer in S'pore, reunites it with its family after 2 days

A one-week-old sambar deer fawn that was found stranded in a deep drain was rescued and reunited with its family by the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) in its first successful rescue and release of a sambar deer.

The fawn, which was found in a deep drain in the northern part of Singapore on the evening of Aug. 27.

It was later reunited with its family by Acres in the early hours of Aug. 29.

Finding fawn

Acres' CEO Kalai Vanan, told Mothership that the deer fawn may have fallen into the drain and became stranded there.

He said: "Our rescue team quickly responded and brought the fawn back to the Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre, where she was given a thorough check, warmth, care, and nutrition at our rescue centre."

Kalai added that a team member found the fawn as he was in the area and heard its distress call.

"Because sambar deer are highly prone to stress, we knew that her best chance of survival lay in being reunited with her family. She was kept safely overnight while our team worked tirelessly to locate the herd."

Locating fawn's family

Kalai told Mothership it is likely that the fawn's family was living in a forested area near the drain.

The fawn was carefully brought to the site and successfully reunited her with her mother.

He added that when the fawn was found, it had some abrasions on its head but was otherwise fine.

"This marks the first successful rescue and release of a sambar deer by Acres, made possible through community vigilance, collaboration and teamwork," said Kalai.

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