Fawn id,

[Mr Tree]

Found a fawn on the meadows today, as skinny as a rake, brought it home, noticed a recent injury to its forehead that I thought may have been dog,got the rimmy out to dispatch it, gave it some milk with a spoon, after half an hour it started to look brighter in the eyes, but still not standing, I actually thought this little fella might stand a fighting chance. Took it to the vet, as I didn't have a colostrum bag on the farm. Vet took it in & all the nurses were cooing over it, but eventually was told that as it was a CWD Fawn, it was not worth saving. I did point out that I thought it a Roe Fawn, but it was dispatched anyway. It would be interested to hear some good folks opinion on here, as I am sure they are more knowledgable than me. Thanks!
PS, after looking at decent pic & its lugs, they may have been right.

 

[shakey jake]

im pretty sure its a cwd, doesnt look like a roe kid

 

[Mungo]

Wouldn’t a roe kid that small be spotty? Or at least you’d still see shadows of the spots?

 

[Nickb]

Cwd definitely

 

[HonestJohn]

Can’t believe anyone’s in doubt

 

[Keith Edmunds]

CWD not worth saving?? I thought that, globally, it is a threatened species?

 

[NoIDeer]

CWD not worth saving?? I thought that, globally, it is a threatened species?

Not threatened in England they are breeding like the proverbial.

 

[Keith Edmunds]

Not threatened in England they are breeding like the proverbial.

Yes, I know, I guess it is more of a case of them being non indigenous.

 

[Mungo]

CWD not worth saving?? I thought that, globally, it is a threatened species?

Legally, not allowed to release once captured in the UK.

Same rules as for any invasive.

 

[Keith Edmunds]

Legally, not allowed to release once captured in the UK.

Same rules as for any invasive.

I know but I am sure I've seen vets healing and releasing muntjac on TV. Of course, I fully understand the deer management side, but I am also a softy and recently helped a pigeon squab in the garden that had been blown from its nest before fledging properly.

 

[VSS]

Legally, not allowed to release once captured in the UK.

Same rules as for any invasive.

Not sure that's the case with CWD.
If I remember correctly, they're classified as "non native" but not "invasive".

(Happy to be corrected on that).

 

[Sinistral]

Not sure that's the case with CWD.
If I remember correctly, they're classified as "non native" but not "invasive".

(Happy to be corrected on that).

No, you're right. People get confused over this and use the wrong terminology.
Invasive species are established non-native alien or naturalized species that are a threat to native species and biodiversity. CWD are not.

Invasive non-native (alien) animal species: rules in England and Wales

What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.

www.gov.uk

 

[cjm1066]

Ilegal to release then under Section 14 Wildlife & Countryside Act so that makes onward care difficult.

 

[Sinistral]

Ilegal to release then under Section 14 Wildlife & Countryside Act so that makes onward care difficult.

You've misread that somehow. CWD are resident like boar, so release isn't illegal.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) bans the release into the wild of any animal that is not:
resident in Great Britain.
a regular visitor to Great Britain in the wild.

 

[HonestJohn]

You've misread that somehow. CWD are resident like boar, so release isn't illegal.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) bans the release into the wild of any animal that is not:
resident in Great Britain.
a regular visitor to Great Britain in the wild.

Send us some munties up to the borders then please

 

[TringSaint]

Ears and coat look like a cwd

 

[TringSaint]

Not sure that's the case with CWD.
If I remember correctly, they're classified as "non native" but not "invasive".

(Happy to be corrected on that).

Pretty bloody invasive around my neck of the woods!! Can’t move for them!

 

[Mungo]

You've misread that somehow. CWD are resident like boar, so release isn't illegal.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) bans the release into the wild of any animal that is not:
resident in Great Britain.
a regular visitor to Great Britain in the wild.

Nope.

CWD is explicitly listed in the Act in the list of prohibited species, where you must have a licence to release it into the wild.

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967 and the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975; to prohibit certain methods of killing or taking wild animals; to amend the law relating to protection of certain mammals; to restrict the...

www.legislation.gov.uk

 

[Mungo]

Not sure that's the case with CWD.
If I remember correctly, they're classified as "non native" but not "invasive".

(Happy to be corrected on that).

There's not really a technical distinction, and the words are used largely interchangeably.

Ecologically, non-native tends to mean 'anything that isn't here naturally' and 'invasive' tends to mean anything non-native that is successfully establishing, spreading, or well established. But the terminology is very loose and inconsistently applied.

 

[VSS]

There's not really a technical distinction, and the words are used largely interchangeably.

Ecologically, non-native tends to mean 'anything that isn't here naturally' and 'invasive' tends to mean anything non-native that is successfully establishing, spreading, or well established. But the terminology is very loose and inconsistently applied.

Somewhere there's a list published of non native species, detailing which are considered "invasive" and which are not, and which can't be released after rehabilitation.
Because CWD are not significantly expanding their range they're not considered invasive, despite being non-native. At least, that was my understanding of it, when I read it.