Recently we received a telephone call from Laura F. in Fredericksburg, Texas (near Austin) who has a 350 acre ranch and has rescued several fallow deer fawns being auctioned. Apparently the "business" of canned hunting has fallen on hard times for economic reasons and she predicts that more operators will be selling unwanted deer in the months to come with little regard to the fate or welfare of these animals. If the fallow deer escape or are released to the wild, they can be hunted all year round without license as they are considered "exotics" in Texas.
Like us, she has fallen in love with fallow deer after having experience hand raising orphaned white tail deer fawns.
If you are in the USA and know of fallow deer in need of a permanent, safe sanctuary, please get in touch with us via comment to this entry we will connect you to Laura.
One of the greatest pleasures in this project is the opportunity to meet compassionate and interesting folk like Laura and we look forward to exchanging visits in the future.
Monday, March 17, 2008
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