Feeding deer may mean attracting predators, vet says
A Sudbury veterinarian says taking care of a wild animal is a risky practice that should be avoided, no matter how cute or harmless the critter may look. But the advice may come a bit too late for one...
View ArticleUnderstanding Fawns And Knowing To Leave Them Be
To: OUTDOORS AND STATE EDITORS No good comes from mothering nature anywhere in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's an annual chapter in nature that begins in...
View ArticleThe worst Christmas story ever: Wisconsin vs. Charlotte the deer
The worst Christmas story ever takes place in Wisconsin, starring Charlotte, the deer who thinks she's a horse. She runs with the horses. She teases them and tries to get them to chase her. She jumps...
View ArticleFawns use 'escape plan' to evade predators
Fawns often bypass the nearest "escape cover" to seek out better habitats for shaking off predators, new research has found. Baby deer are more likely to survive if they use this selective technique...
View ArticleThink before rescuing a fawn
A long held rule in the newspaper business is that you can't miss with a photo and story focusing on cute kids or animals. A photo and story about a cute baby animal? Pretty much a slam dunk. Consider...
View ArticleFind a baby deer? Leave it alone, experts say
Yep, baby deer are pretty darn cute. Nope, you can’t have one. That’s the message the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism wants to get out during fawning season, which is happening now....
View ArticleSee a newborn fawn? Don't disturb it and keep your distance
The following is a DEC press release: New Yorkers should keep their distance and not to disturb newborn fawns or other young wildlife as many animals are in the peak season for giving birth, the New...
View Article>Relocated deer adapting in southwest Washington
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — More than a month after an elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are...
View ArticleYoung wildlife is best left in the wild (State of Missouri)
(Source: State of Missouri) Published on: May. 23, 2013 Posted by JEFFERSON CITY - Resource Scientist Jason Sumners got a call recently from a concerned citizen who had a newborn white-tailed deer...
View ArticleYoung wildlife is best left in the wild… (State of Missouri)
(Source: State of Missouri) Published on: May. 23, 2013 Posted by JEFFERSON CITY - Resource Scientist Jason Sumners got a call recently from a concerned citizen who had a newborn white-tailed deer...
View ArticleVa. Beach deer hunter becomes deer healer
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- WOO-AHH! It's a distinct sound, barked with force, yet somehow soft and comforting — not something you'd expect to hear in the wild. WOO-AHH! A man sits on a small, fold-out...
View ArticleCoyotes killed to help deer move to Ridgefield
LONGVIEW, Wash. — An effort to re-establish a population of endangered Columbian White-tailed deer at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is off to a shaky start, but biologists remain hopeful...
View ArticleProposal would let Wis. residents keep wild deer
People would be able to keep deer they capture in the wild under a proposal the state Department of Natural Resources released Thursday in hopes of heading off more emotional confrontations over pet...
View ArticleDeer In Gold Coast Surprise Trick-Or-Treaters Near Zebra Lounge
WGN It's not every day a pair of deer turn up in the city, much less hang out for several hours in one of the city's busiest shopping districts. Thursday afternoon, a duo of deer were spotted around...
View Article>Wisconsin lawmakers cool to DNR pet deer plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials' proposal to let people keep wild deer if they pay a fine is getting a cool reception from lawmakers, who say it amounts to selling off a public...
View ArticleWisconsin lawmakers cool to DNR pet deer plan
Wisconsin wildlife officials' proposal to let people keep wild deer if they pay a fine is getting a cool reception from lawmakers, who say it amounts to selling off a public resource. Republican Gov....
View ArticleGovernment's red wolf program concerns some NC landowners
CRESWELL — The wolves look ghostly at night, ears pricked up, eyes like highbeams in the dark. In a single evening, Jett Ferebee might see five or six of them reddish-brown, sniffing at the camera...
View ArticleDog’s life among red wolves
CRESWELL — The wolves look ghostly at night, ears pricked up, eyes like highbeams in the dark. In a single evening, Jett Ferebee might see five or six of them – reddish-brown, sniffing at the camera...
View ArticleIt's a dog's life among red wolves in eastern North Carolina
CRESWELL, N.C. -- The wolves look ghostly at night, ears pricked up, eyes like highbeams in the dark. In a single evening, Jett Ferebee might see five or six of them - reddish-brown, sniffing at the...
View ArticleA moving intersection of humans, animals
I rose one recent morning, poured a coffee, stepped onto the back deck to admire the fog drifting off the sea and found myself in the company of a black-tail doe and two slightly shaggy yearlings just...
View ArticleRelocated deer adapting in southwest Washington
More than a month after an elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are adapting to their new...
View ArticleShould Lilly the Deer Stay With Her Human Family?
A Michigan family has hired a lawyer to fight the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the custody of a deer they rescued five years ago. The couple, who requested anonymity on Good Morning...
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