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To help baby animals survive, leave them alone

HELENA – They look so cute and helpless. But your efforts to help could end up harming the animal and reducing its chances to survive.

It's important to understand that wildlife care for their young much differently than humans. One strategy that some species, particularly those species typically preyed upon by other animals (deer, rabbits, birds), use is to distance themselves from their young fo...

 

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