Stop kind-napping the fawns

[Catherine]

Every year wildlife rescues are swamped by people bringing in tiny fawns. People see a young fawn out there and they think they are doing an act of kindness to "rescue" it. The fawn was not in any danger and what they did is kidnapping. A mother deer places her fawn in a safe spot while she goes off to feed.
The baby is fine where she left it. It knows to be quiet until her return. When she comes back she will feed and care for the fawn. She will do a better job than the best wildlife rescue. The wildlife rescues know that and they beg people to leave the fawns alone. They want to use their resources for injured and orphaned fawns.

https://cheknews.ca/kind-napped-fawns-lo...e-1259678/


This time of year there are many baby animals around and they don't need our help. Fawns definitely need to be left alone. So do baby rabbits and squirrels. 
They are being cared for. Baby birds are leaving the nests and their mothers are caring for them on the ground. This is how they learn to survive as birds.
So often if we rescue them, they don't make it. If we leave things alone, nature knows how to look after itself.

Our help is not always that helpful.