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Just Saying

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12. You're right.
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:54 PM
Aug 2013

I live in a wooded area surrounded by parks so we have deer in our yard all the time. It's very common to see a fawn, alone, wandering around the trees in my side yard or even sleeping in the back in the shade. They are left alone at times and since you don't know the situation, it's best to leave them alone.

I had thought about putting out food for them in the winter, but reading up on the subject I read that this is frowned upon because it encourages the spread of disease. Sometimes what we want to do to help does more harm than good.

They are beautiful animals and I hate that this fawn was killed.

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