Found a deer?

Like most parents, deer are protective of their young. However, unlike most parents, deer will find a quiet and dark place they consider safe to leave their fawn (young deer) for long periods of time. This allows the fawn to get much-needed rest, and time to grow big and strong.

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RULES

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If you see a fawn please do not disturb it. As much as we might think a fawn on their own must be in danger it most probably is not.

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Step one is to move away. If you spook a fawn, you might put it in danger. 

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Do not touch a fawn. If you believe it might have been abandoned, observe the fawn from a distance. 

 

If the fawn looks dirty or injured, is laying out flat, or is laying out in the open contact a local rescue centre. 

 

Unless the rescue centre tells you differently, stay back, do not approach the fawn, and try to ensure nothing hurts it or that it stumbles away.

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Only do the following if you have been told to or if the deer/fawn poses a danger eg if it is in the middle of a road.

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If you have to pick up a deer/fawn please remember that it will find you terrifying. Stroking or cuddling it will just scare it more. Instead, cover its face (making sure that it can still breathe) and get the animal to somewhere safe and quiet.