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New Jersey Officers Rescue Baby Deer Trapped In Gloucester County Yard

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) -- People on the internet are fawning over a pair of Washington Township Police Department officers who made an animal rescue this week.

According to the department, Officers Jake Bentsen and Vince Cicatiello went to a call in Whitman Square about a baby deer. The fawn was stuck in a fenced-in yard for more than six hours.

"The fawn was repeatedly running into the fence calling for her mother," the department said.

In the video, the officers scooped up the baby deer and returned it to nature.

The adorable rescue warmed many hearts on Facebook.

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