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

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99. Your post said, " if the fawn was abandoned, as believed, she would have starved"

My response was directed at that claim because it perpetuates a misunderstanding about deer behavior and about the natural order of things. Most fawns are not in fact abandoned and most people would not know how to tell if in fact a fawn is abandoned. The fact that a fawn might be in the same place for several days is not evidence of that. And how would one know that the doe hit by a car was connected with a particular fawn, unless the fawn happened to be there also, in which case, "abandoned" would be a curious way to describe the fawn. In any case it is best not to "rescue" fawns, regardless of what one thinks may have happened - (1) You are probably wrong and (2) You probably can't help them even if you are correct. Yes, if truly abandoned or orphaned, the fawn will likely die and coyotes or other predators or scavengers will get a meal and their offspring will not starve. That is the natural order of things. Well meaning humans should not interfere in that. We have already interfered too much. That is why there are too many deer and we kill them with our cars. Anyway, shelters should stick to domestic animals. They are not equipped or trained to handle wild animals. Deer fawns are wild animals. Bambi is a movie. Don't confuse the two.