Monday, July 17, 2006

Nature No Longer Strikes Back

Are you happy there's an orphan in the woods?

I suspect the "doe gone wild" was most likely a single rogue deer.

But could she have passed her behavior on to her fawns, either behaviorally or genetically? Guess we'll have to stay tuned to find out!

A second year of run-ins with deer that sent some pedestrians at Southern
Illinois University to the hospital was considered odd enough. But why the
encounters appear to have ended, at least for this year, has officials equally
puzzled.

Near where a deer injured three people on campus 13 days
earlier, an SIU police officer got between a doe and a jogger June 5 to prevent
an attack, shooting the animal when it charged him and left him slightly
injured. The animal was found and euthanized the next day.

Since then,
there have been no brushes between deer and humans, leaving wildlife and public
safety officials wondering why.

This supports my theory if you make an example of one, the rest will fall into line. Which is why I also support
this guy... Pin a medal on this dude! Take back our neighborhoods!

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