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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_+RJSm0FcOvb8qTQ19kzuMg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable This article reminded me of the last time Bob Bancroft was on Maritime Noon= . He stated that during the rut in the Fall, white-tailed deer go through about three different periods of coming into heat, and then the extended birthing period the next Spring-Summer reflects that -- i.e., the earliest fawns are born in April, then many in May and June, and this article makes it clear that at least a few can be born very late. Maybe Bob can comment further on this? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ------------------- Halifax Herald, Sat., Aug. 5, 2006 =20 The poor little deer: Fawn born, orphaned same day By MONICA GRAHAM=20 DURHAM =97 A white-tailed fawn, both born and orphaned during a car crash earlier this week, can thank bystanders=92 fast reaction for her rescue. An off-duty paramedic and a dairy truck driver acted as deer obstetricians when the fawn=92s mother and twin were killed in a collision with a car Monda= y morning in Pictou County. Paramedic Andrew Ashford didn=92t expect to be called into action as he heade= d home to Durham, west of Pictou, after finishing his shift early Monday morning.=20 But less than a kilometre from his house he came across an accident. A pregnant doe had died after colliding with a car, and her fawn spontaneously aborted. Mr. Ashford and an unidentified Scotsburn Dairy truck driver climbed over the bank to examine the dead animal and discovered there was a twin. "There wasn=92t much to the delivery," he said Friday. "It just happened on its own. . . . It was awake and healthy right from the beginning. "It all happened fast," he said, adding the truck driver was working beside him but he never discovered his name. The driver of the car that hit the deer was shaken but unhurt, and his vehicle was badly damaged, Mr. Ashford added. Mr. Ashford wrapped the newborn in a pair of coveralls in his truck and called ahead to his wife Sonja to phone someone to treat the fawn. With the baby wrapped in blankets and a heating pad, he called the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park and the Natural Resources Department for help. I= t took an hour of calling around, but by 7 a.m. he was in contact with the Seaforth-based Hope for Wildlife Society. "Hope is a real hero," Mr. Ashford said, referring to society director Hope Swinemar. "She got the ball rolling immediately." He drove the fawn to Truro to meet a team of society volunteers who relayed the animal to the Dartmouth Veterinary Hospital, where staff are accustomed to treating wildlife. By 11 a.m., an umbilical-cord injury was discovered and the fawn was put under general anesthesia for a surgeon to repair the damage, Ms. Swinemar said. The animal also received a microchip and an ear tag for identificatio= n and tracking purposes, "It=92s a girl, so we call her Sonja, after Andrew=92s wife," she said. "It was going to be Andrew if it was a boy." Baby deer would normally be protected from disease by the colostrum =97 a substance containing antibodies =97 in their mother=92s milk, but Ms. Swinemar and her volunteers fed Sonja goat colostrum collected from the Annapolis Valley. Sonja began feeding at 6 p.m. and had devoured all the colostrum within 36 hours.=20 Now living at the society=92s new deer enclosure in Seaforth, Sonja feeds on = a special deer formula. Without the immunity from her mother=92s colostrum, she is kept in isolation to protect her, Ms. Swinemar said. The society normally releases its orphan= s after hunting season, but Sonja was born late in the season and likely won=92= t be ready for the wild until next spring, she said. When Mr. Ashford delivered his first human baby two years ago, he discovere= d that his employer had discontinued an earlier tradition of giving a stork pin for the achievement. "Now, can I have one?" he joked. ( mgraham@herald.ca <http://www.herald.ns.ca/Search/"mailto:mgraham@herald.ca"> ) --Boundary_(ID_+RJSm0FcOvb8qTQ19kzuMg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: The poor little deer: Fawn born, orphaned same day -- Herald, Sa= t., Aug. 5, 2006</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> This article reminded me of the last time Bob Bancroft was on Maritime Noon= . He stated that during the rut in the Fall, white-tailed deer go thro= ugh about three different periods of coming into heat, and then the extended= birthing period the next Spring-Summer reflects that -- i.e., the earliest = fawns are born in April, then many in May and June, and this article makes i= t clear that at least a few can be born very late.<BR> <BR> Maybe Bob can comment further on this?<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville <BR> -------------------<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Halifax Herald, Sat., Aug. 5, 2006<BR> </FONT></FONT> <BR> <FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">The poor little deer: Fawn born, orphaned same= day<BR> <BR> By MONICA GRAHAM <BR> </FONT>DURHAM =97 A white-tailed fawn, both born and orphaned during a car cr= ash earlier this week, can thank bystanders=92 fast reaction for her rescue. <= BR> <BR> An off-duty paramedic and a dairy truck driver acted as deer obstetricians = when the fawn=92s mother and twin were killed in a collision with a car Monday= morning in Pictou County. <BR> <BR> Paramedic Andrew Ashford didn=92t expect to be called into action as he heade= d home to Durham, west of Pictou, after finishing his shift early Monday mor= ning. <BR> <BR> But less than a kilometre from his house he came across an accident. <BR> <BR> A pregnant doe had died after colliding with a car, and her fawn spontaneou= sly aborted. <BR> <BR> Mr. Ashford and an unidentified Scotsburn Dairy truck driver climbed over t= he bank to examine the dead animal and discovered there was a twin. <BR> <BR> "There wasn=92t much to the delivery," he said Friday. "It jus= t happened on its own. . . . It was awake and healthy right from the beginni= ng. <BR> <BR> "It all happened fast," he said, adding the truck driver was work= ing beside him but he never discovered his name. <BR> <BR> The driver of the car that hit the deer was shaken but unhurt, and his vehi= cle was badly damaged, Mr. Ashford added. <BR> <BR> Mr. Ashford wrapped the newborn in a pair of coveralls in his truck and cal= led ahead to his wife Sonja to phone someone to treat the fawn. <BR> <BR> With the baby wrapped in blankets and a heating pad, he called the Shubenac= adie Wildlife Park and the Natural Resources Department for help. It took an= h