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B.C. wildlife group advises the public to leave fawns alone

They’re cute but curb the urge to pick them up: North Island Wildlife Rescue Centre
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‘Leave fawns where they lie’ is the advice of the North Island Wildlife Rescue Centre. (Submitted photo)

If you find a fawn on its own, what would you do?

According to at least one B.C. wildlife centre you say: “It’s fawn season — leave them where they lie.”

Spring is when fawns begin to arrive across the province. Unless they have a life-threatening injury or you witness that the mother, is dead, the Vancouver Island’s North Island Wildlife Rescue Centre advises the public to just leave the fawns alone

According to centre officials, newborn fawns will drop to the ground in response to a threat (such as dogs, cougars and humans) or while their mother goes off to forage.

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Michael Briones

About the Author: Michael Briones

I rejoined the PQB News team in April 2017 from the Comox Valley Echo, having previously covered sports for The NEWS in 1997.
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