Stuart Schwengerer fawn deer 8-12-16

Watch this Video of a Darien Police Officer Rescuing a Fawn from a Driveway Grate

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Darien Police Department’s Facebook and Twitter accounts on Friday morning pointed to this video on Instagram of Police Officer Stuart Schwengerer rescuing a fawn that had become stuck on a driveway grate:

Notice that the officer is wearing gloves. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection suggests wearing gloves if someone needs to handle a fawn — it protects the animal and protects you. For the most part, the DEEP discourages people from touching a fawn unless — as in this case — it’s obviously in distress. Here’s what one DEEP Web page says about that:
Most fawns that are found are not orphaned! Does give birth to their fawns from May – end of June.