Adorable Baby Deer Refuses To Leave The Human Who Saved Her Life (video)
A 17 minute video of the apparent rescue and rehabilitation of a tiny, abandoned fawn has captured hearts and eyeballs in the four weeks since a Yellowstone National Park-area man posted it. The video, posted by Darius Sasnauskas, shows a white-tailed doe and her two young offspring walking through the Sasnauskas’ scenic and green backyard in spring.
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Lithuanian outdoorsman Darius Sasnauskas had a chance to witness a birth of two baby deer in his backyard near the Yellowstone National Park in the US. Unfortunately, one of them was injured and soon left behind by her family because she couldn't keep up with them. "With so many predators around, she had no chance to survive on her own," Darius writes in his video caption. He decided to bring her home. "I do not support keeping wild animals as pets, but this was [a] special situation," he writes. After a lot of hard work, the baby deer was healthy again and it was time to set her free. However, the bond between her and Darius was so strong, that she kept coming back to him. Nevertheless, one very special evening she finally reunited with her family. Darius witnessed a birth of 2 baby deer in his backyard, but unfortunately, one of them had an injured leg.
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She couldn't keep up with her family and was left behind – her mother never came back. "With so many predators around, she had no chance to survive on her own," said Darius. He brought the baby deer home and made her a leg brace from an oatmeal box. Darius fed her every 4 hours and his dog repeatedly licked the fawn's face. Soon the baby deer learned to walk again. "She's already used to me, and she follows me…but nobody can replace her real mom". Darius tried to release her back to the wild many times, but she always returned to him. Finally, one evening the mom showed up and the baby deer rejoined her family; a few months later Darius spotted her once again, growing up fast and enjoying her life to the fullest. You can watch the full story here:
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After several evenings, Sasnauskas states in the video, the mother deer appeared and took the baby back in — at a time when, he said, he did not have his camera. "The doe and two her fawns is still around, we seen them through the summer and the autumn," he states in the video description. The video concludes with footage of the mother and two growing young deer bounding around — a few months later, according to the caption. The video has been viewed millions of times. "I didn't expect this story to become so popular," Sasnauskas writes in the video caption. "I am sure that any of us with a little bit of a conscience about our existence, with love for the nature and animals would do the same."
