The
Florida Wild Mammal Association in Wakulla County has announced that
it will no longer take in injured or orphaned deer because they say
they can no longer keep them safe.
The
Florida Wild Mammal Association was created in 1994 and its mission
is to treat and rehabilitate injured wild animals primarily from
Franklin, Wakulla, Taylor and Jefferson Counties.
The
group said on its facebook page on Friday that the problem is that
the area around the Association property, which has long been a
hunt-free zone, is now being used for hunting and the rehabilitated
deer are being killed almost as soon as the are released.
The
group says that there is one hunter in particular who targets the
recently released animals and three of the deer were killed in just
one week.
The
group said that until they can figure out how to solve the problem
they will no longer accept injured deer – they are actively seeking
a new location but that could be a long time away.
They
ask that anyone who finds an injured deer to call or take it to
Goosecreek Wildlife Sanctuary in Leon County or St. Francis Wildlife
in Gadsden County.
Both
have Tallahassee drop offs.
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