Natural Resources cautions against disturbing fawns

With the increase of disease in Deer and Moose in Canada The department of Natural resourses are reminding people not to approach newborn fawns. Even if a fawn appears to be abandoned, it is best to leave it alone. This is the peak fawning season.

They tell us that handling fawns increases the risk of spreading these diseases. It also violates several provincial and federal laws designed to protect wildlife and animal health.

Female deer only visit their fawns three or four times a day for about 15 minutes at a time to nurse, so it is not uncommon to see a newborn fawn without its mother.