BG Police rescue fawn stuck in fence near St. John’s Nature Preserve

Posted By: Jan Larson McLaughlinJune 4, 2023

Bowling Green Police Division was called on Sunday by someone reporting a fawn stuck in a fence near St. John's Nature Preserve on the west side of the city.

Officers were able to free the fawn from the fence and return it to an area in the preserve reserve for the mother to locate it.

Police officers did contact Nature‘s Nursery and were told to release the fawn into the wild if it wasn't injured.

In anticipation that some would criticize their action, a Facebook post by the police division noted it is a myth that if a human touches a fawn, the mother won't accept it. "Fact: If a fawn has been handled by a human and has human scent on it, the doe will still accept the fawn. She just spent 7 months carrying this fawn. A little human scent won't make her give it up."