{"id":21512,"date":"2018-05-07T12:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T16:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=21512"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:13:10","slug":"marylanders-reminded-to-keep-fawns-wild-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/07\/marylanders-reminded-to-keep-fawns-wild-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Marylanders Reminded to Keep Fawns Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Removing Wild Animals is Unnecessary, Dangerous and Illegal<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7391\/9935736133_bac66145f2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of doe and fawn\" width=\"352\" height=\"250\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Christine Boltz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Late spring is the prime birthing time for white-tailed deer and the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> reminds anyone who encounters a fawn to avoid disturbing it. While young deer often appear to be orphaned, in most cases, the doe is nearby feeding and will return to care of her young.<\/p>\n<p> Too often, people find and remove fawns from the wild, believing they are helping an orphaned animal, when in fact they may be causing great harm.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0For the safety of both humans and wildlife, removing deer from the wild and keeping them in captivity is against the law in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unnatural conditions of life in captivity can lead to malnutrition, injury and stress at the hands of well-meaning captors,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a> Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cWild animals that become accustomed to humans can pose health risks and become dangerous as they mature. Let\u2019s work together to keep Maryland\u2019s wildlife wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Newborn fawns have almost no natural odor and their spotted, reddish-brown coats help them blend into their surroundings. Fawns instinctively lie motionless when approached by potential predators. This seemingly helpless state is a behavioral adaptation that has helped white-tailed deer survive for ages. Despite this strategy, curious fawns will sometimes wander around new surroundings and may appear to be lost or distressed.<\/p>\n<p> Anyone with questions about fawns, or other young wild animals, is encouraged to contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture at 877-463-6497.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removing Wild Animals is Unnecessary, Dangerous and Illegal Late spring is the prime birthing time for white-tailed deer and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds anyone who encounters a fawn to avoid disturbing it. While young deer often appear to be orphaned, in most cases, the doe is nearby feeding and will return to<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/07\/marylanders-reminded-to-keep-fawns-wild-5\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,13],"tags":[3059,2945,3279],"class_list":["post-21512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-deer","tag-paul-peditto","tag-u-s-department-of-agriculture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21512"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21640,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512\/revisions\/21640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}