Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — A deer found trapped in a fence in the Playacar Phase One residential area was turned over to wildlife biologists after images of the animal began circulating on social media, municipal officials said.
The report went to specialists with the municipal Environment Department, according to Orlando García, director of Normativity and Environmental Impact Assessment for the city government. García said staff responded to the case and later notified the Federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection (Profepa).
The official said sightings of deer in this part of Playa del Carmen have become more frequent in recent weeks, prompting the municipality to stay in contact with the federal agency on how to handle such encounters.
García urged residents and visitors who spot wild animals to call the emergency number so that each case can be routed to the appropriate personnel rather than handled informally.
Playacar, a gated residential and resort zone south of the city’s center, sits close to patches of vegetation where wildlife including deer, snakes and other species are regularly reported.
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