Scots couple pull stricken deer from frozen loch in dramatic rescue
dailyrecord.co.ukJoin thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.A couple on the Isle of Lewis have caught on camera the dramatic moment they battled to rescue a deer stranded on a frozen loch.Jaqueline Buchanan and husband Neil were alerted to the exhausted animal's plight by a neighbour from a nearby croft.Ina MacDonald, 85, had spotted it struggling on the ice from her kitchen window at Islivig Uig on the west coast of the island.Ina's son George who had just returned from working on the ferries, then helped in the rescue which saw Neil, a former Royal Marine arctic Commando shimmy out onto the ice to try to reach the young stag.Jaqueline, who had traveled with Neil from.
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