Steele said the animal was in bad shape and decided to retrieve a knife from his truck to end its suffering. The animal had died before he could move it off the highway, and that’s when he saw something.
“I (saw) the fawn in the uterus twitching,” Steele told CBC. “We saw the fawn’s legs hanging out. We just did a caesarean on her. On the side of the road, I cut the doe open and pulled her fawn out.”
Video by Michele Steele
After delivering the fawn, Steele said he cleaned out its mouth and put grass in its nose to get the deer to sneeze.
The Steeles brought the animal, which has been named Friday, to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society. The organization said the fawn is going to make a good recovery. A social media post said Friday is drinking bottled milk and has the company of a male fawn.