License: Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit for White-tailed Deer Fawns

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A White-tailed Deer Fawn Rehabilitation Permit is required to take or possess an injured, sick, or orphaned White-tailed deer fawn for rehabilitation. It does not authorize the rehabilitation of adult White-tailed deer. Neither does it authorize any applicant to keep a fawn as a pet. Remember, not all fawn found alone are orphaned or should be brought to a rehabilitator. A female deer will hide her fawn in vegetation while she goes off elsewhere to feed for several hours. Meanwhile, the fawn might look abandoned and alone, where often times it’s just waiting for its mother to return.