A Siberian roe deer was rescued by police and herdsmen on Tuesday after it fell into a ditch and got its leg injured in Burqin County, Altay Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Local residents said the deer had a hind leg injured as it tried to get out of the ditch.

After first-aid effort to bandage the deer's leg, the injured deer was taken to a local animal rescue center for further treatment. Police said that it will be released back to the wild once it has recovered.

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