A buck was found tangled in barbed wire around a tree for two days before the Columbia County sheriff's deputies in Wisconsin rescued the exhausted buck. See the animal's dash to freedom!

FULSHEAR, Texas — A great horned owl was safely rescued Wednesday morning after becoming entangled on a barbed wire fence along FM 1093 near Cross Creek Boulevard, authorities said.

WATCH: Stockton Springs Fire Department, Public Works free stuck buck from fence. By Will Wagner. Published: Jan. 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM EST ... a pair of wire cutters was all it took to free the animal.

Today, an estimated 620,000 miles of fencing, most of it barbed wire, stretches across the rural West, and its toll on the region continues to mount.Animals that try to jump over or wiggle under ...