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X_Digger

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10. No, if you find an abandoned fawn, leave it alone.

Reply to Savannahmann (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:41 PM

Aug 2013

Chances are it's not actually abandoned.

If you can't do that, you call a wildlife rehabilitator who has had the appropriate vaccinations, knows the protocols for handling wildlife, and has an area that's appropriate for quarantining wildlife.

Dump a fawn that has a respiratory infection into a herd of deer, and you can be dooming some of them to painful death.

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Do we really need a dozen cops to kill one baby deer? [View all] Savannahmann Aug 2013 OP

The biggest troublemakers in this story are the people who Jenoch Aug 2013 #1

And what about the people who called and reported that the fawn was at the shelter? Arkansas Granny Aug 2013 #2

The scenario is quite possible. Savannahmann Aug 2013 #4

Sure, it is possible Jenoch Aug 2013 #14

You are not a wildlife rehabilitator because you run an animal shelter. X_Digger Aug 2013 #3

So the best answer is death? Savannahmann Aug 2013 #6

No, if you find an abandoned fawn, leave it alone. X_Digger Aug 2013 #10

You're right. Just Saying Aug 2013 #12

*nod* Nothing quite like them. X_Digger Aug 2013 #13

They should have transferred it to a wildlife rehabber Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #5

Oh I agree that there were plenty of options. Savannahmann Aug 2013 #7

Getting the permit likely involves training, vaccinations, and appropriate quarantine protocols. X_Digger Aug 2013 #11

"the potential for disease..." MindPilot Aug 2013 #8

More cops than showed up when George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin... joeybee12 Aug 2013 #9