Roe deer calf rescued in Bentelo thanks to drone with thermal camera

“Left, right, stop!” “A little more forward.” The field worker follows the instructions of the drone pilot on Wednesday morning, who knows exactly where the spotted fawn lies in a meadow in the countryside of Bentelo. Found remotely with a thermal imaging camera. And saved from a horrible death.

Last year, more than 22,000 fawns were rescued. The Ministry of Agriculture plans to allocate even more funding for drone use this year.

Before the first mowers start, a drone takes off in Kümmritz to search the field for deer kits. A method that has established itself and saves more than 22,000 kites a year in Germany.

In 2024 thousands of roe deer were saved from the death of combine harvesters by the use of drones in Germany.

Leave young roe deer in nature Koblenz – When finding young deer, in particular individual deer, it should not necessarily be assumed that the animal was not accepted or rejected by the mother animal. In some cases it has occurred recently that young animals from misunderstood animal love were taken by walkers or removed from the roadside and packed with blankets. This usually means that it can no longer be fed to the mother animal. When finding…

While the mama is on the way, roe deer hides in the high grass. What she is supposed to protect can end dangerously for her – but fortunately there are deer rescuers!