A deer that got stuck on an icy New Jersey pond is safe after a daring rescue, authorities said.
Officials from the Morris County Office of Emergency Management brought in a small vehicle with tank treads to rescue the deer from the pond near Willow Walk and Pondside in Roxbury Township Sunday morning.
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Despite a quick tumble from the rescue vehicle into the water, crew members removed the adventurous animal from the frigid pond just before 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
"Everyone is safe and the deer was removed from the ice," a spokeswoman from the Roxbury Police Department said.
The deer was taken to the Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary in Warren County, where she received a warm blanket, the department said in a Facebook post.
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Video showed the deer stuck in the middle of the pond Saturday.
Due to the thickness of the ice and safety issues for the rescuers, officials decided to reconvene at 8 a.m. Sunday with the equipment they needed to rescue the deer, police said.
