Michigan rescuers brave freezing river to save starving deer with Halloween pumpkin stuck on head for 10 days

• Rescuers in Wayne County, Michigan, successfully freed a young buck that spent 10 days with a plastic orange Halloween container stuck over its head.
• The Detroit Animal Welfare Group and local residents tracked the animal across metro Detroit after first spotting it in Livonia, unable to eat or drink.
• The search ended Sunday when rescuers waded through freezing river water and dense brush in Hines Park to locate the deer.
• Rescuers safely tranquilized the buck, removed the plastic container, and treated him for mild dehydration.
• The deer quickly recovered and returned to the wild shortly after rescuers removed the container.

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Deer with his head trapped in a plastic pumpkin is finally chased down and rescued