Reminder: Don’t Pick Up Deer Fawns
by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
June 16, 2010
In recent days, FWP has received several calls from people who had picked up deer fawns.
To protect Montana's deer and elk from the impending threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks no longer accepts, holds, or rehabilitates deer and elk.
Should someone bring a deer fawn to FWP, we will ask that the animal be taken back to the site where it was found. If this isn’t possible, the fawn will be euthanized.
FWP also asks that other wildlife species, such as birds and small mammals be left in the wild. Usually, young animals picked up by people can’t be rehabilitated, and they are often abandoned by adult animals once human scent is transferred to them.
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