DETROIT, Mich – The director of the Detroit Animal Welfare Group says the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is demanding a rehabilitated fawn be put down, while also continuing a years-long legal fight over a coyote in her care.
The fawn in question was recently transfered to another orginization. The DNR is demanding that group put the fawn down.
Kelley LaBonty, director of DAWG, said her group rescued a fawn named Peanut earlier this year after it was found unable to stand or lift its head. “She was laying on her side, and she couldn’t lift her neck. She couldn’t even move. She was so weak,” LaBonty said. “The outcome for an animal like that is not great.”…