Show rr r Fawns Illegal Pets People who discover apparently abandoned abandoned aban aban- fawns and take them home are doing a disservice to the fawn and themselves them them- selves WILDLIFE RESOURCES officers have picked up several fawn deer from people in Utah this year and suspect many more are being confined by other well-intentioned well people Fawns make loveable pets until they grow up then they become a problem and people call Wildlife Resources officers officers cers and want them picked up DEER ARE perfectly capable of inflicting inflicting in in- injury to h hum humans u m a n s especially during the rut when the buck becomes Deer released from captivity have become semi domes and are easy victims to poaching and highway mishaps It is against the law to remove a adeer adeer adeer deer from the wild or to have deer in captivity contrary to the Wildlife Resources Resources Re Re- sources Code FAWN DEER and other young wildlife wildlife wild wild- life are seldom abandoned even though it may appear so The mothers are usually nearby and nd have no intention of leaving their young |