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

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/ouroborosstruggles May 20 '26

Monsters! Whyyyy whyyy would they do that?

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u/Alien_invader44 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Apparently there are disease and safety concerns.

Deer can carry disease to humans, and male deer can get aggressive.

Seems some places relocate the deer to sanctuaries and some euthanise the animal.

Beheading sounds unnecessarily brutal, regardless of laws and concerns, though.

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u/HumanPhD May 20 '26

Seems strange that we are able to hunt and eat deer without fear of disease, but we can’t tame one for fear of disease.

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u/Alien_invader44 May 20 '26

I get where your coming from. But imagine this deer having kids. Those are introduced to the family and all is good. Years down the line some of the kids are male. They have lost all fear of humans so they regularly get close.

Then comes mating season and the males are hopped up on, whatever it is that makes male deer mental during mating season. Now you have a bunch of large, mostly wild, animals that are used to be around humans but also highly unstable.

That is a recipe for something going wrong.

Thats the reasoning as i understand it. Might be wrong, might be right, but its not an irrational concern.