Douglas County deputy rescues falcon from barbed wire fence

DENVER (KDVR) - Police officers, sheriff's deputies and firefighters across the state have had their fair share of wildlife encounters on the job. Sometimes it's helping wrangle bears from unusual places, other days it's helping a blind horse out of a canal.

On Tuesday, it was a falcon in a barbed wire fence.

The Douglas Couty Sheriff's Office posted about the rescue mission on Facebook.

The sheriff's office said they responded to a call of an eagle stuck in a fence near Highway 85 and Daniels Park Road.

One deputy, along with animal services, was able to free the falcon and take him to the <...