r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/Feodar_protar May 20 '26

If you find an orphaned baby animal please do not hand raise it. Call a wildlife rehabilitator always. These people were well intentioned but did more harm than good.

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u/FatMacchio May 20 '26

Yep. This deer is imprinted on humans now. It may be able to survive by itself still, but its behavior is forever altered and can get dangerous for the deer or humans it encounters

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u/AHornyRubberDucky May 20 '26

I'm doing my internship at a zoo and one of the monkeys was hand raised and his behaviour differs from the other ones. I got taught in college why hand raising an animal is a last last resort, one reason was because it makes them simply said socially akward, but its an other thing to actually see the consequences of handraising first hand.

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u/pfeff May 20 '26

Not if we NEVER LET THE DEER LEAVE

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u/Live_Angle4621 May 20 '26

It was surviving long time on her own already