Albino Deer Fawn found in Wisconsin
11-09-2007, 10:18 AM
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Albino Deer Fawn found in Wisconsin
This was sent by a man in Rhinelander, Wisconsin
A very eventful day around here... A once in many lifetimes experience! I saw this lil' feller run out in front of a car-- thought it was a lost baby goat. Stopped to get it, and WOW!! A real Albino Whitetail Deer. Just hours old, but doing fine. No Momma deer around. Another car nearly hit it in front of me ...
Well, he is THE neatest thing any of us ever saw. And such a 'freak of nature', that only 1 in more than a million are even born. He took his bottle of food, followed us around the house, doing great. So, we called the Zoo & Fossil Rim, who were both interested, but we're going to send him to a Rehab farm. Maybe he will make it in captivity somewhere and be appreciated. So rare... Sure wanted to keep him tho. but, not the thing to do. And not LEGAL either. Here are a couple of pictures to show you. He was snow white, pink eyes, ears, nose and hooves. Kids called him POWDER. He was SO small. That is my shoe lying beside him... WOW..how cool is that??
A very eventful day around here... A once in many lifetimes experience! I saw this lil' feller run out in front of a car-- thought it was a lost baby goat. Stopped to get it, and WOW!! A real Albino Whitetail Deer. Just hours old, but doing fine. No Momma deer around. Another car nearly hit it in front of me ...
Well, he is THE neatest thing any of us ever saw. And such a 'freak of nature', that only 1 in more than a million are even born. He took his bottle of food, followed us around the house, doing great. So, we called the Zoo & Fossil Rim, who were both interested, but we're going to send him to a Rehab farm. Maybe he will make it in captivity somewhere and be appreciated. So rare... Sure wanted to keep him tho. but, not the thing to do. And not LEGAL either. Here are a couple of pictures to show you. He was snow white, pink eyes, ears, nose and hooves. Kids called him POWDER. He was SO small. That is my shoe lying beside him... WOW..how cool is that??
11-09-2007, 10:31 AM
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God bless your kind soul for doing the right thing! Powder is adorable, and it sucks it's illegal to keep as a pet-you sound to be the perfect foster family for such a lucky creature.
Hopefully, Mama isn't going nuts looking for baby right now, that breaks my heart knowing she can;t find her baby.... but at least Powder will be taken care of.
Hopefully, Mama isn't going nuts looking for baby right now, that breaks my heart knowing she can;t find her baby.... but at least Powder will be taken care of.
11-09-2007, 11:17 AM
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Though I'm not a hardcore animal lover, I think you did the right thing. Other's may add that nature should be allowed to take it's course...but in this case SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOOOOOOO CUTE!
11-09-2007, 11:43 AM
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11-09-2007, 02:16 PM
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In upstate NY there is a herd of white deer protected species, but not albino.
In upstate NY there is a herd of white deer protected species, but not albino.
11-09-2007, 05:49 PM
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thats critter is cool, i work at a prison and we had an albino hanging around the prison for years, it would come up near our vehicles, unfortunately i havnt seen her in a few years though. im not a hunter i just respect the animals good job on the rescue
11-09-2007, 06:09 PM
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Donbb - how long are you going to keep it? Do you think it was rejected by its mom? Maybe you can foster it for a while...is it taking a bottle or what?
I'm sending the photos to my animal lover Granddaughter. THANK YOU for posting them - it is amazing!!!
I'm sending the photos to my animal lover Granddaughter. THANK YOU for posting them - it is amazing!!!