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Montana trooper finds roadkill deer with attached 'get well soon' balloon

Montana Trooper Finds Roadkill Deer With 'Get Well Soon' Balloon Attached
By Ann Smajstrla, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 23, 2019

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper said he was puzzled when he came across a dead deer with a "get well soon" balloon attached to it.

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Trooper Noah Pesola found the deer and balloon Tuesday morning along the side of a road, and tweeted a picture of the strange finding. He captioned it, "Now that's something new... #GetWell #OhDeer."

Pesola added that "a good reminder is the balloon and string are plastic, which is non-biodegradable and is littering if you don’t clean it up. Montana Department of Transportation can be called to remove animals."

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