A REMINDER FROM NEW MEXICO’S GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT: IF YOU SEE ANY DEER OR ANTELOPE FAWNS, ELK CALVES, BEAR CUBS OR ANY OTHER YOUNG WILD ANIMALS … LEAVE THEM ALONE. THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT SAYS WITH YOUNG WILDLIFE, THE MOTHER IS PROBABLY NOT FAR AWAY.
IF YOU SEE YOUNG WILDLIFE, DON’T APPROACH IT AND LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY AND QUIETLY. TO OBSERVE THE ANIMAL, DO IT FROM A SAFE DISTANCE. IF WILDLIFE BABIES APPEAR TO BE DRY, THEY’VE BONDED WITH THEIR MOTHER. DON’T LINGER IN THE AREA OR TRY TO TOUCH THEM.
AND IF YOU THINK THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED, MARK THE SPOT WITH A G-P-S AND CALL THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT.
