{"id":63788,"date":"2018-11-22T10:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hang-holiday-decorations-with-wildlife-in-mind\/"},"modified":"2018-11-22T17:18:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:18:02","slug":"hang-holiday-decorations-with-wildlife-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/hang-holiday-decorations-with-wildlife-in-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang holiday decorations with wildlife in mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=22c2c81f-bada-40e1-87b8-a4f7c88f9279&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"This buck was tangled recently in ropes being used for a holiday display in Salida. It was cut loose.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">This buck was tangled recently in ropes being used for a holiday display in Salida. It was cut loose.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Colorado Parks and Wildlife<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every year, bucks become snarled in decorations, CPW said in a news release, and in Salida recently, a buck deer became tangled in a rope being used as part of an outdoor display. CPW officers and staff from the local fire department helped cut it loose, but the deer left dragging around some rope.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent animals from getting snared, CPW suggested that decorations be wrapped tightly around posts and trees. Lights that are hanging should be at least 6 feet off the ground for the entire length and fastened securely at the ends. Lights should not be draped over bushes or trees. And decorations attached to a house or building should be secured tightly.<\/p>\n<p>CPW also suggested putting away other items that bucks can get tangled in, such as volleyball nets, tricycles, wire items used for gardening, garden tools, hammocks, swings, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you see a buck that has become snared in decorations or some other item, call the nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.com\/wildlife-viewingrefuge\/colorado-parks-and-wildlife-grand-junction-wildlife-service-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPW office<\/a>. A wildlife officer will attempt to find the animal and make a determination if it is in a life-threatening situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>buck was tangled recently in ropes being used for a holiday display in Salida. It was cut loose.Colorado Parks and Wildlife Every year, bucks become snarled in decorations, CPW said in a news release, and in Salida recently, a buck deer became tangled in a rope being used as part of an outdoor display. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-63788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63788"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=63788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}