Overkill: Armed Agents Raid Wisconsin Animal Shelter; Kill Baby Deer Named Giggles "It was like SWAT

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89. No logic

because you are looking at this example on an individual basis while laws are written to cover a blanket scenario. The only time the risk would be mitigated by returning the deer to the wild, is if it was returned to the exact location from where it was "rescued". That's also assuming that it did not come into any fomites while in captivity that could have introduced the disease. In this instance, it would have already been passed from the "rescuers" to the shelter, to the rehabilitator. The chances of it being returned to the original location are slim. (Where exactly did we find it Mildred, was it by the big oak tree or on the other side of the creek?) If it is simply released into the wild in another area outside of it's natal range, then you have effectively taken the chance of introducing the disease to a new area. Now multiply that by hundreds of instances and you will see why there are laws that preclude individuals from "rescuing" "orphaned" fawns and also laws against re-introducing them back into the wild.