This is the moment a fawn is held tight by a cop after being found near a wildfire raging in California.
Posted by CHP – Redding on Saturday, July 28, 2018
The pictures show Sergeant David Fawson of California Highway Patrol (CHP) snuggling the animal as she sits on his lap in a patrol car and licks his neck after the rescue.
City cops in the country! SF CHP deployed to the #CARR fires in Redding. Not sure we know what we’re doing in this pic but baby deer pulled from fires and turned over to rescue org. God speed @CAL_FIRE and all other agencies providing mutual aid. You are truly the Bravest. pic.twitter.com/husveKt7iP
— CHP San Francisco (@CHPSanFrancisco) July 28, 2018
The officers, self-declared “city cops”, handed the fawn over to a rescue organisation.
There, after being checked over and named Carra by helpers, she drank a lot of water.
The deer rescue sent us some pictures of the rescued fawn now named Carra. I was assured SHE is doing well and drank a…
Posted by CHP – Yreka on Saturday, July 28, 2018
More than 50 officers from the CHP Golden Gate Division are helping Cal Fire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) during the wildfire.
A photographer spotted deer grazing along a road covered in fire retardant as the Carr Fire burned near Redding on July 28.
