Woman Teams Up with Animal Control, Saves Deer
ROMANS: Some minute ago, we teased the cutest little -- the cutest little kitten caught in a pipe or something. You've seen these pictures, right, animals forging for food. They stick their heads in a tight spot and they get more than they bargained for.</s>BERMAN: Sometimes, as Jeanne Moos, tells us, it is tough to shake free.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A deer stuck in a bag, a deer stuck in a jar, a kitty stuck in a hole. This is the story of critters in over their heads. In this case, in a Dorito's bag, a sheriff's deputy on patrol spotted this deer at the side of the road after midnight down in the Florida Keys.</s>VOICE OF DEPUTY BECKY HERRIN, PIO, MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: I suspect that the deer was trying to get that last Dorito in the bag.</s>MOOS (on-camera): And this deer didn't get bagged by regular Doritos. Judging from the color of the packaging -- (voice-over) the green is a giveaway, but the deer as hankering for chili lemon chips. The animal was passive as the deputy pulled off the bag and then it scampered away.</s>HERRIN: Save all the lives in the world and nobody pays attention. And then, you pull (ph) a bag from a deer's head and it's all over the country.</s>MOOS: At least this deer in Minnesota could see, but it couldn't eat or drink, kept showing up in Janet Murphy's yard with its head stuck in a plastic jar. Janet turned for help to an animal rescue organization called Wildwoods. They showed her how to use a catch pole, sort of like a dog catcher uses. Janet managed to get the loop around the jar.</s>NANCY WOLFE, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WILDWOODS REHABILITATION: And the apparatus tightened up. The deer stood up, tried to jumping around, and it was a bit of a rodeo.</s>MOOS: The struggle lasted a few minutes.</s>WOLFE: Eventually, she just gave it one hard tug and the jar came off the deer's head.</s>MOOS: The deer seemed dazed after days without a drink, and it's headed for water. Is this what they mean by curiosity killed the cat? Don't worry, in this case, it wasn't fatal. This kitty in Oregon was found with her head stuck in a hole under an air-conditioned unit.</s>KAREN BURNS, SHELTER MANAGER, HUMANS SOCIETY AT CENTRAL OREGON: When she was tranquilized and relaxed, we're able to push her back through the hole. We had to jimmy a rope around her to kind of pull her down to a bigger hole.</s>MOOS: When they finally popped her out.</s>MOOS: She was uninjured. She'll be put up for adoption. One lesson from these jarring images is that when people litter, animals are left holding the bag, even a bag of Doritos. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>ROMANS: Oh, this is a story about trash. This is definitely a story about trash.</s>BERMAN: It's a trashy story?</s>ROMANS: I know. I'm just telling you. My kids are always telling me at school they're learning about don't litter, don't use so much stuff and renew, recycle --</s>BERMAN: EARLY START continues right now.</s>ROMANS (voice-over): In hiding the man who exposed the government's secret spying program on the run in Hong Kong, how he may have planned the perfect getaway.</s>BERMAN (voice-over): Tornadoes, flooding, and the sizzling heat wave. Extreme weather taking a hold of the country from coast to coast.</s>ROMANS: Breaking news in Turkey this morning, riots raging in a crucial hot spot. Police unleash tear gas and water cannons on the crowds. Our Nick Paton Walsh live overlooking taksim Sqaure. His report ahead.</s>BERMAN: And look at this, a base jumper cheating death, the parachute malfunctions while she's falling, the terrifying scene, all caught on camera. You will not believe what happens to her.