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Armed agents raid animal shelter for baby deer

 

"(There were) nine DNR agents and four deputy sheriffs, and they were all armed to the teeth," Schulze said.The focus of their search was a baby fawn brought there by an Illinois family worried she had been abandoned by her mother.

 

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Schulze videotaped the fawn they named Giggles during the two weeks she was there. The Department of Natural Resources began investigating after two anonymous calls reporting a baby deer at the no-kill shelter.

 

The warden drafted an affidavit for the search warrant, complete with aerial photos in which he described getting himself into a position where he was able to see the fawn going in and out of the barn.

 

Agents told staff they came to seize the deer because Wisconsin law forbids the possession of wildlife.

 

 

"I said the deer is scheduled to go to the wildlife reserve the next day," Schulze said.

 

It was to go to a wildlife reserve in Illinois that allows the rehabilitation of deer. Schulze said agents corralled workers near the picnic area and then set out in search of the fawn.

 

"I was thinking in my mind they were going to take the deer and take it to a wildlife shelter, and here they come carrying the baby deer over their shoulder. She was in a body bag," Schulze said. "I said, 'Why did you do that?' He said, 'That's our policy,' and I said, 'That's one hell of a policy.'"

 

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Supervisor Jennifer Niemeyer said the law requires the DNR agents to euthanize animals like Giggles because of the potential for disease and danger to humans.

 

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Niemeyer denied agents killed Giggles at the shelter. She said they tranquilized her and then euthanized her off-site.

 

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