Rest in peace, baby deer

From Bayside Patch:

A baby deer died Wednesday morning as it attempted to escape from a playground at Bayside High School in which it became trapped, police said.

The buck had found its way onto the fenced-in area after a gate had been left open, police at the scene said. It died as it attempted to escape.

"It was banging itself against the fence repeatedly," an officer at the scene said.

Joan Tennenbaum, who lives near the school off 208th Street, said her daughter, a schoolteacher, first spotted the deer around 9 a.m.

"She said it was jumping around in the air and hurting himself," she said. "There was blood all over the ground."

Tennenbaum said she believed the animal did not likely live nearby.

"Someone probably caught him and brought him down from upstate," she said.

Animal Care and Control officers removed the deer's body from the scene around 10:15 a.m.

A reader pointed out to me that the "reporters" at Gothamist (who have banned the Crapper from commenting even though I passed along countless story tips because I had the audacity to criticize their coverage of bike lanes) thought what happened to this animal was hilarious. Which makes me even prouder to have been banned by them...

Oh deer, what a find!

From Douglaston Patch:

The 111th Precinct received a surprise visitor on Monday after a Bayside resident made an anonymous drop-off at the precinct’s Northern Boulevard-based station.

The precinct kept the deer in a kennel until a rehabilitator from WINNOR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation) could pick it up and take it to the nonprofit’s nature center in Massapequa, L.I..

The doe, which was estimated to be three or four weeks old, only weighs eight pounds, but will likely grow to be 100 pounds, [Rehabilitator Cathy] Horvath said.

Patrick Kwan, New York State director for the Humane Society of the United States, said it is not surprising that the deer was wandering around the five boroughs.

Oh deer, he must be cold!

From SI Live:

Need proof that deer swim to Staten Island from New Jersey?

Frank Masseria says he's got it — a grainy 50-second video shot from his small charter fishing boat, the "Vitamin Sea," early Saturday morning of two Bambis plying the chilly 56-degree waters of the Arthur Kill like mini motorboats before clambering ashore in Tottenville.

Deer swimming across the Arthur Kill to Staten Island

Deer swims to Governors Island

From Fox 5:

The NYPD Harbor Unit is trying to rescue a deer stranded on the shores of Governors Island.

SkyFoxHD was over the area at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The deer could be seen moving back and forth over rocks near the water on the western shoreline.

It's not clear how the buck - a male deer- ended up there. Deer are considered good swimmers.