A red deer was saved by local hunters after falling into a frozen river in Siberia in a heartwarming rescue caught on camera last Saturday (November 17). <br /><br />Footage shows a red deer floating in the frozen river Barguzin near Ulan-Ude, east Siberia, Russia. Four men worked together to cut a path out for the deer and pull him out of the river in an effort that took more than four hours. <br /><br />The filmer Aleksej Baluev, can be heard saying: "We need to get it away from the cold."<br /><br />The rescue team then immediately started rubbing the deer to try and restore circulation in the freezing animal, before warming it by a fire. Eventually it was decided that the deer should be taken into town to dry and recuperate. <br /><br />In a local garage, the animal was fed a piece of lard and 150 grams of vodka, "to warm it up from the inside," according to Baluev. <br /><br />Finally after recovering enough to move freely, the locals released the deer, which ran gratefully back into the forest. <br /><br />The rescue effort was when Aleksej Baluev received a call regarding the drowning animal and organised the rescue team, consisting of workers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, vets and local volunteers.
