An injured sambar deer was rescued on Sunday in the Yeoor range of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Thane district, a forest official said, reported news agency PTI.

It had to be brought down from the top of the hill, located at Mama Bhanja point near Lokmanya Nagar, on a stretcher in an operation that took four hours, SGNP official Manoj Jadhav said, reported PTI.