Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

Keep your distance from young or injured wildlife

Each spring, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks receives several calls from people who have picked up deer fawns or other wildlife. 

FWP advises against this practice for several reasons. The agency does not accept, hold or rehabilitate deer and elk because the animals rarely survive the stress of captivity, and because of concerns with the spr...