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NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) wildlife officers never know what they\u2019ll face from one day to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago the department\u2019s radio dispatch center received a call about a deer fawn in Chloride, Ariz., that was covered in cholla cactus. They relayed the information to AZGFD wildlife officer Troy Moody in Kingman, who contacted the reporting party and was told the fawn typically came onto the person\u2019s property around 2:30 p.m. each afternoon. Officer Moody arrived to find several deer, but the fawn was nowhere to be seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 15 minutes later, however, the fawn and its mother approached the property. Officer Moody noticed the fawn had cholla spines by the hundreds all over its body, not just the clumps visible on its face. He was able to chemically immobilize the fawn and began removing the cholla while the fawn\u2019s mother watched from a distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost concerning,\u201d said Officer Moody, \u201cwere the spines in the fawn\u2019s eyelids, nose and mouth, keeping it from eating or drinking.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a lot of time and plenty of cholla spines in his hands and legs, Officer Moody was able to remove all of the cholla from the fawn\u2019s entire body – including the clumps from the fawn\u2019s eye, nose and mouth areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThankfully no cholla had entered the fawn\u2019s eye and there was no lasting injury,\u201d said Moody. \u201cI was able to reverse the drug and the fawn quickly woke up and joined its mother that had been patiently waiting nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAZGFD is proud of Officer Moody for putting his own comfort aside and going the extra mile to make sure that this fawn could return to a normal life,\u201d said AZGFD Kingman Regional Supervisor Karen Klima. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the department\u2019s mission to conserve and protect wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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