Health & Fitness
Giggles controversy prompts policy proposal
By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Giggles the fawn may not have died in vain.
In the wake of the controversy surrounding the fawn’s death in July, Wisconsin officials on Thursday released a modified proposal for dealing with captured wildlife.
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The proposed changes include:
- After voluntarily collecting an illegally captured wild animal, Department of Natural Resources staff would reintroduce the animal to the wild if it does not pose a threat to public health, the health of wildlife or to the animal itself. In the case of deer, if a deer originates in a Chronic Wasting Disease zone, it could only be reintroduced in a CWD zone.
- If a wild animal cannot be released immediately nto the wild, but could be safely released after rehabilitation, it would be taken to a licensed rehabilitator. In the case of deer, following rehabilitation, a deer that originated in a CWD zone could only be reintroduced into a CWD zone.
- DNR staff would only euthanize a wild animal if it is sick, highly likely to be diseased, or a threat to public health or the health of other wildlife.
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