SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Shasta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (SWRR) is getting more people alerting them with concerns about fawns.
It’s fawn season right now, and the SWRR team is caring for seven fawns, with two more expected by the end of the day on June 20. These fawns have come in just in the past couple weeks.
SWRR has one staff member who cares for the fawns.
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General Manager Raven Capozzo shared some reminders on signs fawns are in trouble.
“When you see a baby just laying there, don’t assume that it needs help, because it usually doesn’t,” Capozzo said. “You’re looking for a dirty baby, you’re looking for an injured baby, you’re looking for a cold baby, one that’s crying a lot and for a long time.”
An important thing to remember is that a fawn has spots. Capozzo told the Northstate’s News a deer without spots is a yearling or older. SWRR representatives said they’re only permitted to take in spotted fawns who need help and no other deer.
If you think you’ve found a fawn in distress in the counties they cover, you can call their hotline, (530)365-WILD(9453), or their fawn rehabber Rebeccah at (530) 227-5401. They cover Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou, Tehama, Modoc, Butte, and Lassen Counties.
If you are outside of these counties, Capozzo recommended calling the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for guidance.