r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/ryerhino May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Edit:I am deleting this original comment because, I am an idiot who is not making people smile by posting this. Sorry...

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u/Embarkbark May 20 '26

I’m an animal lover and it’s sad to hear this, but I understand:

  1. If the authorities turn a blind eye to people taking in wildlife like this, then there’s going to be all sorts of people “rescuing” wild animals for the fun of it (ie: stealing a baby wild animal from its mother to make content for social media.) Lots of people think baby animals left alone are abandoned, but that’s just a normal thing for mothers to go off and find food while leaving baby alone. Humans need to leave those babies alone.

  2. Someone domesticating a wild animal and then releasing it back to the wild (such as this video) makes that animal a danger to humans and itself. Wild animals can carry pathogens that are dangerous for humans and should not be casually in contact with humans. Wild animals that are domesticated (not fearful of humans) will potentially socialize their offspring to also not be afraid of humans. Depending on the species this can be very dangerous for humans (ex: bear or predator animal) as even “domesticated” animals can become aggressive. The only people who should be rehabbing an abandoned/ill/injured wild animals are wild animal rescue organizations and/or a qualified vet who knows how to do this. Most wildlife rescues/sanctuaries have pretty strict protocols about how humans interact with the animals to ensure they are able to be released with that human-fear still intact.

I don’t specifically know why decapitation is part of this, but assuming it was done post-mortem (because it would be incredibly dangerous to decapitate a live animal) I assume it is done to test the brain for rabies.

TL;DR - If you love animals then leave them alone, and alert qualified rescue organizations if you see one in distress

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u/Friendstastegood May 20 '26

Yes people really need to learn to not touch the wildlife.

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u/CandidatePresent6975 May 20 '26

nah. ima save the baby deer

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u/AHornyRubberDucky May 20 '26

If the parent are dead okay good that you make sure that it's safe but do call e rehab afterwards. They make sure the wild animal will stay as wild as possible and will be able to survive on its own without being a danger to itself and humans. We (the wildlife rehab I worked)had to euthanise a hawk 2 months back because, she was rescued by humans when she was a chick, not properly cared for and released back in nature. Because she was not afraid of humans she kept getting close to us, landing on us and causing injuries. We couldn't release because of this reason, because what is she was outside and did this to someone else, imagine her doing this to a child. So she was euthanised, it sucked

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u/Mike_Kermin May 21 '26

The most important thing you can do, to save baby deer, is not domesticate them.

That and, you know, vote for people who want to protect their habitat.

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u/CandidatePresent6975 May 21 '26

fine. I'll take them both so they can be friends.