Oh and leash your ****ing dog next time. :burn:
Oh and leash your ****ing dog next time. :burn:
i would do nothing....the damn dog should've listened for 1 and the deer was protecting it's baby.
they just scream stop! yea like its gonna understand....poor dog. I would have grabbed something at beat the shit out of its head
From the vid.
A newborn fawn creates a dangerous situation when mom gets protective. Starts cute, ends scary.
I cut the footage because I ended up filming the dog's owner, whose privacy had to be protected. (How or why I filmed her, I can't say. I was too shocked to think, it's not like I expected any of this to happen.)
The dog eventually left limping—since posting here we have been able to contact the lady. THE DOG IS OKAY, but traumatized.
River, my deer-whispering cat, is fine—we'll see if he learned his lesson.
We did call animal control, there was "nothing they could do" to prevent further trouble.
Yes, my being there filming contributed to the problem, stressing the doe. And yes, I feel bad about it.
I didn't post this so it could go viral and I could receive comments from all over (some of those were great, thank you), I posted it so people in this area can measure the importance of the problem and maybe come up with ways to avoid similar or worse incidents.
Should I have stopped filming and helped the dog? Frankly, this turned ugly so fast I had no time to think, I had no clue what I could do, other than show how swiftly these innocuous looking animals can become dangerous.
Had I intervened, by the time I'd found some broomstick, the dog might have been spared three seconds of this ordeal, but I wouldn't have this footage to share and get people thinking about how urgent it has become to find ways to address the situation. Hearing about the event wouldn't have the same impact, would it?
This is not about an individual deer, we have hundreds roaming around. To the gun lovers out there: I know zip about hunting, yet I'm positive that opening fire two blocks from an elementary school would have been frowned upon. When I advocate for government intervention, I suggest the job would require professionals or even amateurs who would avoid killing animals indiscriminately. And I don't even know that the solution would be to slaughter these animals. (In Churchill, Manitoba, they relocate the polar bears who come to town. Granted, those are endangered.)
So, no, I'm not sorry for filming and posting this scene. This is not about spreading some sick, voyeuristic fun.
My children live here. Kids walk to school every day. I'd feel a lot better if I knew none of them would ever think to pet a fawn. I may not have helped this poor dog, I sure believe I might still get to help others.
LOL at the fact that a member here actually filmed it. I saw this posted on a local hunting board before SVTP! hahahaha
Put a disclaimer on this crap next time. Really kinda turned my stomach watching that poor dog get beat down like that. I could've done without.
Deer FTW
Hey 90gold, reading comprehension much? Fail. :read:
Yeah I guess I missed that top sentence LOL. Few drinks can do that to you. haha
It's all good Bro.....:beer: