Canadian skater rescues family of deer from frozen lake.

Eager to take advantage of a cold snap, Ryan Peterson laced up his skates on a recent lunch break. Gliding across Lake of the Woods in northern Ontario, Peterson spotted a trio of white tail deer, hopelessly splayed on the ice.
“If they’re upright, they can kick you,” Peterson said. “[But] once they’re down on the ice, their legs are flat out and they can’t lift them.”

The deer seemed exhausted, and Peterson realized they were unlikely to make it back to shore – and that, stranded on the ice, they would have made easy prey for wolves.

“I figured I’d go back and eat lunch and grab some rope,” he said, “I gave them about an hour or so. They were still in the same place, when I came back … and that’s when I pulled them into shore.”

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He approached the mother first, looping the cord around her neck. Despite a mild struggle, she wasn’t in a position to bolt.
Soon, the pair were off, the doe bewilderedly skidding along the ice towards shore.

Peterson returned for the two fawns, looping the cord around both their necks, and pulling the pair towards shore.
When they reached the rocky outcropping where their mother was waiting, it took a few prods with a branch to spur the family off the ice and on to the shore.

It remains unclear why the family of deer ended up on the ice. “I’m not entirely sure how they walked all the way out there,” Peterson said. “But they definitely walked out there.”