Baby had an injured nose and was dehydrated. It’s with NC wildlife rehabilitators now.
A Chatham County worker found the baby deer right in “the bustling downtown area” Friday morning. A Chatham County Planning Department employee found a fawn with an injured nose and signs of dehydration outside their office building in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The Chatham Sheriff’s Animal Resource Center called for help and contacted Holly's Nest Wildlife Rehabilitation, a nonprofit in nearby Sanford, which will care for the fawn until it is healthy and mature enough to be returned to its natural habitat. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission advises on what to do if an injured fawn is found, leave it alone and find a Fawn Rehabilitator near you.
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The baby had a nose injury and appeared dehydrated.
But the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office didn’t call for paramedics to take to the juvenile to the hospital.
Injured and orphaned fawns go to wildlife rehabilitators.
A Chatham County Planning Department employee found the tiny fawn just outside their office building in Pittsboro on Friday morning. They called the Chatham Sheriff’s Animal Resource Center for help, according to a news release.
Normally, experts advise leaving fawns where you find them and not handling them unless you know they have been on their own for 24 hours. Most of the time their mother is nearby, some of the time watching you.
But when ARC Officer Karen Rogers saw the fawn had an injured nose and ears showing signs of dehydration, she knew the “bustling downtown area,” was not safe for the baby deer, the news release stated.
The center contacted Holly’s Nest Wildlife Rehabilitation, a nonprofit in nearby Sanford that agreed to care for the fawn until it is healthy and mature enough to be returned to its natural habitat.
“The Chatham Sheriff’s Animal Resource Center extends thanks to the Chatham County Planning Department employee for their quick response and to Holly’s Nest Wildlife Rehabilitation for their ongoing commitment to local wildlife,” the release stated.
What to do if you find an injured fawn
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission offers this advice on its website:
• If the fawn is able to move on its own then it’s likely not injured. Best thing to do is just leave it alone.
• If the fawn is not moving, but still very young, then it’s likely not injured. Very young fawns (for the first 2 to 3 weeks of age) by instinct do not move. They may lie perfectly still even if they are out in the middle of an open area. This is an instinct to protect them from predators. The mother licks the fawn to reduce any scent that could attract a predator. Best thing to do is just leave it alone.
• If the fawn is unable to move from the site where found then go to the bottom of this section to find a Fawn Rehabilitator near you.
Konular: Wildlife