The Brief
- A blind Michigan deer will not be euthanized after uproar from lawmakers and an animal rights group based in Metro Detroit.
- Peanut was set to be humanely killed over what some called a “bureaucratic technicality.”
- But a wildlife order dictates that any animals held at a rehabilitation facility after Oct. 1 must be euthanized.
(FOX 2) – A blind deer will be held at a facility instead of being euthanized after a late-Thursday decision to issue a permit allowing the fawn to be held at a rehab facility.
Named Peanut by the Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG), which was behind efforts to keep the animal from being euthanized, the organization announced it will now serve as “an educational ambassador.”
According to DAWG, Peanut will be moved to the Howell Nature Center.
Michigan fawn escapes euthanasia
The DNR announced in a news release on Thursday this was one of the rare occurrences where a wild animal would be kept at a facility rather than humanely killed due to its impairment. …