First and most important, if you find a baby fawn do NOT take it across state lines. This will seal this animal's fate because the Department of Natural Resources will want to euthanize the animal for testing of transmittable disease! Please visit the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association to locate rehabilitators in your state.

A baby fawn was found in UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio and was transferred to a farm somewhere in the rural area of Nicholas County, Kentucky.  This is illegal and now they are seeking to find the deer in order to euthanize it and to test it for disease.  The Ohio woman that located the fawn, named Sunny, and transferred it to Kentucky is facing criminal charges if the deer is not found and brought into the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

I have done my fair share of research on this wondering why the animal has to be euthanized in order to test it for disease.  I'm no expert on the subject, but the only thing I can think of that requires the deer to be killed would be testing it's brain for rabies.  This, however, could also be done by quaranteening the animal for a month.  This is a cry out for your help!  Please comment on this post if you know of any reason that this deer must perish in order to be tested for disease.  Also, if anyone has any suggestions that may help this animal have the right to be raised in an Ohio based sanctuary and then be released in the wild, please speak up.

Additional information from a user on our forms said they are looking for wasting away disease.  Read more about this disease

Please, if  anyone that has any input at all to help with this matter, leave your comments so maybe we can do something to help this deer.  Thank you in advance for any information you can provide.

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