What should you do if you see a baby fawn?
Channel: Lake Metroparks
Date: 2020-06-15

Who is one of the most adorable baby animals? Fawns of course. It’s hard not to fall in love with these beautiful babies if you find one.

For your safety and the fawns, please make sure you love them from a safe distance. The more we hang around them or if we touch them, we are alerting predators to their location and keeping mom away. Please know the mom is nearby and will come to take care of her fawn but only when she knows it’s safe to do so. She only visits and feeds her baby a few times a day until it’s old enough to keep up with her. The fawn knows to lay still and quiet between visits.

If you see a fawn are concerned, please visit our website or call 1-800-WILDLIFE for more information BEFORE handling or moving the fawn, 

The Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center is closed and we are unable to accept any new animals until further notice. Answers to frequently asked questions about injured or orphaned wildlife along with contact information for other rehab centers that may be open can be found at goto.lakemetroparks.com/wildlifecenter.