Mount Olive police save deer

Mount Olive Sgt. Carl Mase (pictured) rescues a doe that fell through a pool cover Thursday morning.

(Mount Olive Police Department)

MOUNT OLIVE -- Township police officers rescued a deer from a resident's pool Thursday morning, police said.

Mount Olive police said in a Facebook post officers responded to a residence in the Flanders section of the township and saved a doe that had fall through a pool cover.

The struggling doe awoke the homeowner, who found it entangled in the pool cover and trying to escape, police said.

Sgt. Carl Mase was able to free the deer by cutting the pool cover while other officers were able to pull it from the pool.

After a brief rest, the deer ran away into the woods, police said.

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