The Wild Side: ; the First Rule of Conservation - Do No Harm

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Every year at about this time state wildlife agencies plead with the public to resist the compassionate urge to rescue abandoned wildlife. That fawn in the high grass almost always has a mother nearby. An e-mail from Kevin Traube of Beckley highlights this point.

"I enjoy your column each Sunday, and wanted to share with you an interesting experience I had recently. I own the Mountain State Miniature Golf course in Beckley and was cleaning the greens one morning earlier this month to prepare for the day, when I discovered a fawn curled up next to one of the greens."

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The Wild Side: ; the First Rule of Conservation - Do No Harm

"I blocked off that particular hole to protect the fawn, and it stayed there all day, barely moving, despite hundreds of golfers passing within just a few feet of...

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