Of the 23, we know of only one survivor. A young animal's best chance for survival is to be raised by its natural mother. It is important to make every effort to try to return the young to its mother, said Ronda DeVold, a Minnesota wildlife export. Only after all efforts to reunite them have been exhaused should the orphan be removed from the wild. Do not try to raise the baby yoursel, she said.
Fawns adopted by humans lose the chance to learn survival skills from their mothers.
Fawns learn what to eat and where to find it, what to be afraid of and how to avoid predators from their mother's examples. They are not likely to survive. Sometimes baby animals such as this fawn may appear abandoned. But wildlife experts say that, in most cases, the animals are not in trouble. They don't realize that what's good for human babies isn't necessarily good for wild ones.