{"id":14339,"date":"2026-05-13T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/14339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:22:10","slug":"french-police-warn-drivers-about-drunk-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/14339\/","title":{"rendered":"French police warn drivers about &#8216;drunk&#8217; deer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Police in rural France issued a warning to drivers to be on the lookout for an erratic deer that appeared drunk after eating fermented fruit. The Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire gendarmerie posted a video alongside the warning, showing a deer moving in unpredictable circles.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A &#8220;drunk&#8221; deer caused a ruckus in a rural town in France, and now authorities are warning drivers to be careful.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/zoo-animal-killed-dangerous-hailstorm-missouri-statewide-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ZOO ANIMAL KILLED AFTER DANGEROUS HAILSTORM BATTERS MISSOURI, CAUSING STATEWIDE DAMAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The French police, the Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire gendarmerie, are warning drivers to be on the lookout for an erratic deer that appeared intoxicated after eating fermented fruit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;In <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">spring<\/a>, some wild <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animals<\/a> consume buds, fermented fruit or decaying vegetation and can exhibit completely unpredictable behavior,&#8221; the Sa\u00f4ne-et-Loire gendarmerie said in a translated social media post.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2273088990-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A deer leaps across a field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Patrick Pleul\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In a video shared by the organization, a deer can be seen moving in unpredictable circles.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;No, ladies and gentlemen&#8230;not all road users are sober. The proof is in the picture,&#8221; the police warned.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/colorado-wildlife-officials-warn-rattlesnake-encounters-reptiles-wake-up-spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">COLORADO WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WARN OF RATTLESNAKE ENCOUNTERS AS THE REPTILES WAKE UP THIS SPRING<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When fruit overripens, natural sugars in it are broken down by yeast, which converts sugars into ethanol. This is the same type of alcohol found in beer, wine and liquor.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2273212100-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A group of deers stand in flowers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Patrick Pleul\/picture alliance via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The department said that an intoxicated deer can be dangerous due to sudden crossing, incoherent movement, immobilization on the road or erratic behavior.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A collision can happen very quickly, especially at night or on secondary roads.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/video-rare-albino-deer-camera-missouri-arnold-june-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WATCH: RARE ALBINO DEER CAUGHT ON CAMERA WITH A FRIEND IN MISSOURI NEIGHBORHOOD<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Officers recommend that residents slow down, avoid sudden steering movements and remain extra vigilant in wooded areas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;If Bambi is overindulging in forest aperitifs, it might not be the time to drive as if the road were entirely yours&#8230;no?&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in rural France issued a warning to drivers to be on the lookout for an erratic deer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3226,73,5,10639,5514,35,10637],"class_list":["post-14339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-animals","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-stay22","tag-wildlife","tag-world","tag-world-regions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}