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DEC Urges New Yorkers to Leave Fawns and Other Young Wildlife in the Wild--Human Interactions Do More Harm than Good to Wild Animals-----(CLICK ON THE PHOTO.) New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos is reminding New Yorkers to appreciate wildlife from a distance and resist the urge to pick up newborn fawns and other young wildlife.
"When young wildlife venture into the world, they may have a brief inability to walk or fly on their own, making some people believe they might need help," Commissioner Seggos said. "However, young wildlife belongs in the wild and in nearly all cases, interaction with people does more harm than good to the animals."
If You Care, Leave it There---When people encounter young wildlife, they are likely not lost or abandoned, but purposely left there by their parents to keep them hidden from predators while the adult animal is nearby collecting food for the newborn.
White-tailed deer fawns are a good example of how human interaction with young wildlife can be problematic. Fawns are born during late May and early June, and although they can walk shortly after birth, they spend most of their first several days lying still in tall grass, leaf litter, or sometimes relatively unconcealed. During this period, a fawn is usually left alone by the adult female (doe), except when nursing. People occasionally find a lone fawn and mistakenly assume it has been abandoned, which is rare. A fawn's best chance to survive is to be raised by the adult doe. If human presence is detected by the doe, the doe may delay its next visit to nurse.
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