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Scene: Bambi Loose in Toronto

Deer stops traffic on the Lakeshore, but is rescued and will roam free—and hopefully more safely—once more.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photos by Christopher Drost

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164900 Dr. Graham Crawshaw, head veterinarian at the Toronto Zoo Animal Health Centre, explains his plan for dealing with the deer to Toronto Police. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3798-DROSTphoto-01-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3798-DROSTphoto-01.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3798-DROSTphoto-01.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Dr. GRAHAM CRAWHAW, Head Veterinarian Toronto Zoo Animal Health Centre details to Toronto Police his plans to deal with a wild 2-year old white tailed deer that shut down a major traffic artery in Toronto for over two hours.","created_timestamp":"1337950492","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"170","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer 0 0

164901 Tasha Long, another vet from the zoo, and a city official who thinks this is the best call he's been on in a while. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) 20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3807-DROSTphoto-02 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3807-DROSTphoto-02-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3807-DROSTphoto-02.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3807-DROSTphoto-02.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","created_timestamp":"1337950720","focal_length":"148","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.001"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/20120525-deeryyz-img_3807-drostphoto-02/ 20120525-deeryyz-img_3807-drostphoto-02 0 0

164902 Tranquilizer dart! (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3827-DROSTphoto-03-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3827-DROSTphoto-03.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3827-DROSTphoto-03.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Dr. GRAHAM CRAWHAW, Head Veterinarian Toronto Zoo Animal Health Centre prepares to tranquilize a wild 2-year old white tailed deer that shut down a major traffic artery in Toronto for over two hours.","created_timestamp":"1337951223","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"255","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-2/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-2 0 0

164903 Bambi can't be felled that quickly, though—on the move again. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3840-DROSTphoto-05-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3840-DROSTphoto-05.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3840-DROSTphoto-05.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer renews its run along run along the Toronto Waterfront leaping over guardrails and crashing into fences before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951238","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"135","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-3/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-3 0 0

164904 Deers are known for their agility. This one had no trouble... (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3841-DROSTphoto-06-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3841-DROSTphoto-06.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3841-DROSTphoto-06.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer renews its run along run along the Toronto Waterfront leaping over guardrails and crashing into fences before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951239","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"135","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-4/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-4 0 0

164905 ...clearing the paltry hurdles... (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3844-DROSTphoto-07-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3844-DROSTphoto-07.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3844-DROSTphoto-07.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer renews its run along run along the Toronto Waterfront leaping over guardrails and crashing into fences before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951240","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"135","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-5/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-5 0 0

164906 ...presented by our city streets. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3845-DROSTphoto-08-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3845-DROSTphoto-08.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3845-DROSTphoto-08.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed deer that shut down a major traffic artery in Toronto for over two hours, renews its run along the Toronto Waterfront.","created_timestamp":"1337951240","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"135","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-6/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-6 0 0

164907 Nice hurdling form. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3846-DROSTphoto-09-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3846-DROSTphoto-09.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3846-DROSTphoto-09.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer renews its run along run along the Toronto Waterfront leaping one guardrail and crashing into another. It continued to elude officers for another kilometre before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951240","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"135","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-7/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-7 0 0

164908 (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3853-DROSTphoto-12-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3853-DROSTphoto-12.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3853-DROSTphoto-12.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Immediately after being tranquilized, a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer renews its run along run along the Toronto Waterfront leaping over guardrails and crashing into fences before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951254","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"140","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-8/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-8 0 0

164909 Officers in pursuit! (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3865-DROSTphoto-15-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3865-DROSTphoto-15.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3865-DROSTphoto-15.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Toronto Police in pursuit of a wild 2-year old white tailed male deer that once tranquilized, continued its spree along the Toronto Waterfront leaping over guardrails and crashing into fences before finally coming to rest for Toronto Zoo vets. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951322","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"280","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-9/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-9 0 0

164910 And...boom. About seven minutes after the tranquilizer dart hit him, Bambi finally falls down. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3891-DROSTphoto-16-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3891-DROSTphoto-16.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3891-DROSTphoto-16.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"A wild 2-year old white tailed male deer that once tranquilized, struggles to comes to rest for Toronto Zoo vets after a wild two hour chase along the Toronto Waterfront and major arterial roads. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951572","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"280","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.00125","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-10/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-10 0 0

164911 It was a pretty exhausting two-hour chase. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3895-DROSTphoto-17-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3895-DROSTphoto-17.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3895-DROSTphoto-17.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"A wild 2-year old white tailed male deer that once tranquilized, struggles to comes to rest for Toronto Zoo vets after a wild two hour chase along the Toronto Waterfront and major arterial roads. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951584","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"280","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.00125","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-11/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-11 0 0

164912 Vets tend to the deers as he comes to. (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3921-DROSTphoto-18-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3921-DROSTphoto-18.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3921-DROSTphoto-18.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"Dr. GRAHAM CRAWHAW, Head Veterinarian Toronto Zoo Animal Health Centre tends to wild 2-year old white tailed male deer that finally came to rest after being tranquilized, ending a wild two hour chase along the Toronto Waterfront and major arterial roads. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337951814","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"280","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-12/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-12 0 0

164913 (Christopher Drost/Torontoist) Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3953-DROSTphoto-20-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3953-DROSTphoto-20.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120525-DEERYYZ-IMG_3953-DROSTphoto-20.jpg 1024 683 {"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Christopher Drost","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"A tranquillized wild 2-year old white tailed male deer rests inside a Toronto Animal Control van, ending a wild two hour chase along the Toronto Waterfront and major arterial roads. The animal will be taken to a conservation park where it will be safely released.","created_timestamp":"1337952316","copyright":"\u00c2\u00a9 2012 DROST\/SHiFTdigital media","focal_length":"280","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"Toronto Police Capture White Tailed Deer"} https://torontoist.com/2012/05/scene-bambi-loose-in-toronto/slide/toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-13/ toronto-police-capture-white-tailed-deer-13 0 0

WHERE: Toronto waterfront, starting near Sunnyside and ending near the foot of Jameson Avenue.

WHEN: 1:30 p.m.

WHAT: Bambi, like the rest of us, just wants to be free, to explore and roam the world and have new experiences. Unfortunately, some experiences aren’t safe, and officials had to intervene to prevent this particular deer from getting hurt when it wandered onto Lakeshore Boulevard earlier today. A team of officers watched and offered assistance as a vet from the Toronto Zoo used a tranquilizer dart to knock the two-year-old buck out. The episode, we are glad to report, was very well and humanely handled, and the deer will be released in a conservation area nearby.

CORRECTION: May 28, 2012, 8:59 am We originally misspelled Dr. Graham Crawshaw’s name in the photo gallery. Torontoist regrets the error.

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