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Rescue work underway to save deer trapped in York school playground

The deer on the playing field of the school earlier. Photograph: The Nest - Reception/Nursery unit on Twitter
Thursday 12 May, 2022 @ 9.44 pm News Marti Stelling
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** Friday morning update: the deer is still there **

Still there this morning its been there since Tuesday evening its so scared 😢 pic.twitter.com/NdUAC1y3yL

— Caroline mendham (@CarolineMendham) May 13, 2022

People are working to rescue a deer which is trapped in a York school playground this evening (Thursday).

The animal is in the hard-standing play area at St Lawrence’s Primary School.

Shortly before 9pm, people were diverting traffic away from the school on Heslington Road in order to clear a safe path for the scared creature.

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A number of young people were inside the playground trying to coax the deer to leave through the open gates.

A man stood by the gates shouting instructions and halting traffic.

The deer has apparently been on school premises for a number of hours. The Nest nursery unit tweeted at 9.37am that a deer was stuck in the field.

St Lawrence’s Primary School in York. Photograph © Google Street View

It comes less than a week after police warned drivers that more deer were on the roads.

North Yorkshire Police said they have been to ten incidents in the last month where a deer was hit by a car. All the animals died.

Collisions typically increase in spring, when young buck roe deer move to new territories, officers said.

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