06/04/2026
Please read this!!!!
Well say it AGAIN and AGAIN
FOR those in the Back!
🚨 PLEASE STOP "RESCUING" FAWNS 🚨
We know your heart is in the right place.
Every spring, kind and caring people come across a tiny fawn lying quietly alone in the grass and assume it's been abandoned. The urge to help is completely understandable.
But the truth is...
That fawn is almost certainly exactly where it's supposed to be.
Mother deer intentionally leave their babies hidden for long periods while they feed nearby. The fawn's job is to stay still, stay quiet, and wait. Mom's job is to stay away until it's safe to return.
Unfortunately, we see the heartbreaking consequences of unnecessary "rescues" every year.
Healthy fawns are taken from the wild and brought to rehabilitators dehydrated, stressed, malnourished, injured from improper handling, or suffering from aspiration after being fed the wrong things. Some don't survive the stress alone. Others lose the chance to be raised by the one creature best equipped to care for them—their mother.
If a fawn is curled up quietly, appears alert, and has no obvious injuries, please leave it alone.
Do not touch it.
Do not feed it.
Do not move it.
Do not pose for photos with it.
The greatest act of kindness is often doing nothing at all.
However, if the fawn is continuously crying for hours, wandering aimlessly, covered in flies, visibly injured, weak, or has ears that are curled and dehydrated, then it's time to contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator immediately.
Please help us spread the word. Share this post. Talk to your friends and neighbors.
Every fawn that stays with its mother has the best possible chance at life.
Sometimes the best rescue... is no rescue at all. 🦌❤️
