Struggling deer trapped in mound of mud rescued by digger

This is the heart-warming moment a little deer was rescued after becoming stuck in the mud.
The pint-sized creature was stuck in heavy slime and appeared to have exhausted itself trying to escape from the muddy hole.
Quick-thinking rescuers used a large digger to scoop up the creature, which was already half-submerged in the mud.

The operator has to be extremely careful that the massive claws of the digger don't hurt the fawn, which is hard to see in the mud.
Luckily however the rescue mission proceeds exactly as planned, and the little deer is deposited down on more solid ground.

The fawn looks a bit confused as she stands up with a wobble - her muscles weak from having sat down for so long.
One of the rescuers says: 'There you go! Run baby run!'

The deer takes a confused look back at her filmers, clearly a bit befuddled on how it got in and out of this mess.
It then takes a few tentative steps before looking to make its way out of the quarry.