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Alberta farmer performs highway C-section on dying doe, delivers fawn

Farmer had stopped after the animal was hit by a car near Smithers
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An Alberta man was moving an injured deer off a highway in B.C. when he saw a tiny hoof sticking out of its belly.

Sean Steele was on his way to visit family in Prince Rupert last Friday when he came across the dying doe near Smithers.

The farmer, who also runs a steel fabrication shop near Barrhead, northwest of Edmonton, said the car in front of him had hit the animal and he stopped to help.

He

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