CT police officer saves fawn

After an officer rescued a newborn deer on Saturday morning, Granby police said they were committed not only to the people of the city, but also to the animals.

The department received a call around 8:42 a.m. that a deer had calved on Running Pine Road and sent an officer to the scene. Officer Nichole Abalan found the newborn deer alone and noticed it was breathing heavily and felt cold, police said.

She wrapped the fawn in blankets and encouraged it to breathe, police said.

The fawn began breathing normally again and Officer Alaban left it in the sun, hoping the mother would return. The mother deer did indeed return and took the fawn into the woods, police said.

While caring for the fawn, Alanna was in contact with her mother, Jen Alaban, Granby’s animal control officer, who relayed communications to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

“Granby Police Officer Nichole Abalan, pictured, and Animal Control Officer Jen Abalan (daughter and mother) worked together to help not only the people of Granby, but all Granby residents,” police said.