Tennis Ball are not meant to be eaten
This is a story that I sure hope has a good ending. It seems that this doe mistook a tennis ball for an apple and now has it stuck in her mouth. From what I read this is not the first time this has happened.
By: Rick Kratzke
Hunt on for deer with ball in its mouth
NEW CANAAN - Wildlife activists are on a humane hunt for a doe with a tennis ball stuck in its mouth.
The deer may be starving while the ball hinders its ability to eat, according to Heather Bernatchez, spokeswoman for the Wildlife Orphanage of Fairfield County, which is working with state environmental workers to find the animal, tranquilize it and remove the ball.
“I can’t imagine she’s eating too well,” Bernatchez said. “It’s definitely a race against time.”
The orphanage, which operates out of Stamford, learned of the troubled deer Tuesday afternoon when someone at 106 Clearview Lane called the animal rehabilitation center. This time last year, a deer was found dead near the same property, also with a tennis ball lodged in its mouth, according to Cathie Kovacs, founder and director of the orphanage, which rehabilitates wild animals.
“I have a feeling it has something to do with mistaken identity,” Kovacs said. “This is also the time of year when crabapples fall.”
An adjacent house has a tennis court, and the doe is one of several deer that routinely eats from a trough the homeowner fills with corn feed.
The orphanage and the state Department of Environmental Protection will try to corner the deer so they can tranquilize it and safely remove the tennis ball. Kovacs and an orphanage volunteer scoped out the property from the home’s stoop Tuesday, but to no avail.
wow, that is really too bad. It reminds me of that deer that had its head stuck in the pumpking a few years back. I hope it has a good ending as well.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Arthur, you have to give them credit for at least trying to find this deer.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:06 am