In a picturesque backyard in Ohio, a resident recently had the privilege of witnessing the rare miracle of life, first-hand. TV newsman, Gabe Spiegel, was treated to an intimate display by a neighborhood deer affectionately named Ruby. Ruby, a familiar face in the area, had chosen Spiegel’s backyard as her safe haven to give birth. […]
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Woman Rushes to Help Abandoned Baby Deer and Gets Hilarious Surprise
On a busy Thursday, Tosha Smith, a dedicated wildlife rescuer with All Things Wild Rescue and Rehabilitation, received a peculiar call while at work. A fawn was reportedly trapped under a vacant house and appeared to be in distress. Without hesitation, Smith dropped everything and rushed to the scene, accompanied by fellow rehabber Angela Lira […]
A Couple Found an Abandoned Fawn Who Led Them to a New Role as Deer Parents
Life in the wild can be tough for younger animals, especially when separated from their mothers. It’s even more terrifying if they haven’t learned everything about how their species survive the world. The young one could end up being preyed on or dead due to starvation. That’s why being in a herd or any animal […]
Fawn with Head Trauma and Neurological Issues Rescued and Brought to Wildlife Sanctuary
This five-month-old fawn was rescued after witnesses reported that he was walking backward, staggering, and seemed incredibly disoriented. Rescuers got him back to get an examination, and they found no visual injuries, but they found out the fawn had head trauma and neurological issues. They put him in a pen with hay, and he slowly […]
Be aware of wildlife rehabilitators in your area for help with ‘orphaned’ wild animals
For many years, the modest stretch of forested land surrounding our office in Maryland has offered a refuge to wild animals whose habitat is shrinking around them. Year after year, our staff members excitedly share sightings of our wild neighbors: the mama fox who births kits in a den under our utility shed; the bees […]
Dog Saves Fawn From Drowning, Now They’re Inseparable
Ralph Dorn shared a sweet animal story that’s gone viral! Dorn saw his golden doodle Harley swimming in the lake behind his house. Dorn noticed that Harley was swimming with another animal, a tiny deer! “I couldn’t find Harley this evening until I looked out on the lake. He was near the middle of the […]
He bragged about his ‘big game’ hunt on Instagram. It was a baby deer he let his dog kill.
He said it was a “big game kill,” something usually associated with the controversial, sometimes illegal sport of hunting large wildlife in Africa — lions, elephants, leopards and rhinoceroses. But the photos Michael Garcia posted to Instagram were decidedly not big game. They were of a baby deer, a fawn that Garcia had just allowed […]
Birding safari in Tadoba Tiger Reserve
On a morning safari into the Tadoba National Park we saw the Oriental Honey Buzzard that came down to the lake to quench its thirst. It was a lovely sighting. The Brown Fish Owl, featured above, was another price catch of the afternoon safari, later that day. While waiting at the camp for the jeep, […]