Remove tangle hazards from yards to protect wildlife; buck freed from hammock in Lakewood backyard Wednesday
A buck mule deer with its antlers entangled in a hammock in Lakewood Wednesday morning. LAKEWOOD, Colo. – A buck mule deer became entangled in a fabric hammock early Wednesday morning in a neighborhood near W. Florida Ave. and S. Kipling Pkwy. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers urge residents to take down volleyball nets, hammocks, swing sets and other items when not in use that deer, elk or moose can get tangled in.Wildlife officers had to cut the buck’s antlers off to free it of the hammock in Lakewood Wednesday. This stressful and exhausting scenario plays out every year acrossRead More
