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August 20, 2009

Bimbo, The Canadian Pet Deer

By Dave Hurteau

Um, I’m going to just post the story now. . . .

From the Canwest News Service:

Janet Schwartz thinks of Bimbo as her baby. A baby that happens to be a five-year-old deer.

But the provincial Environment Ministry says the Ucluelet woman can't legally keep wildlife as a pet, and is asking Schwartz to release the doe back into the wild -- or to an animal-rehabilitation centre.

"I love her and I don't want to lose her," said Schwartz. . . .

"She's like a real baby. She cuddles up to me all the time, eats the same food I eat, stays in my house and sleeps in my bed at night," said 67-year-old Schwartz.

"She loves to dance. She loves Elvis Presley. I put Elvis Presley on and she'll dance. Her back end will sway."

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

What doe can resist dancing to Elvis Presley?

I hope the coalition works in helping Mrs. Schwartz keep the doe. She has been a part of the family already for 5-years!

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

I don't think it's the deer that needs the rehab center.

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from dwatkins wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?

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from dwatkins wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?

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from ENO wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

This is a classic example of humans projecting they're own feelings onto animals. Regardless of how Granny feels or how she interprets the deer's behavior what she has done will ultimately harm the deer. Bringing a wild animal into your house and treating it like a house cat or worse a baby is very short sighted and a BAD IDEA.

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from peter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

i bet she tastes great too,mmm i love cabosa

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from seadog wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Sleeps in her bed at night? That's too wierd even for me. I agree with buckhunter--it isn't the deer that needs rehab.

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from Don Mitchell wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

yup, she definitely needs some help,2pappa,are you up to it???
Don

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from Bella wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Tough call, but why doesn't this lady have Lyme disease if a 5 year old doe sleeps in bed with her! (Deer = deer ticks =Lyme disease)The deer must have major digestive issues if she eats human food, deer are browsers! there can't be enough roughage for a ruminants 4 stomachs! Still Clarke's trading post has trained bears, a deer that dances to Elvis ought to be quite an act!
Still any deer that breaks wild animal commandment 1- (Don't trust humans!) is liable to sometime incur the consequences of such a lifestyle, and get shot by some guy who isn't in on the dancing deer act. (love me tender...Love the meat...on the Bar-B-Que, Venison is such a treat, when cooked through and through...)

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Geez. I think the damage has been done with the deer. I doubt it could survive in the wild now, so what's the big deal other than the authorities?

Hey Granny, you sure have a lot of chocolate covered raisins here!

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from Ricardo Rodríguez wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

At 5 years of age I would say that whatever damage is done is done. That doe is beyond any rehabilitation to be released to the wild, that would just got her killed.

The bed thing was a little too much, though.

Does adapt quite well to be among humans, if not like real pets, like domestic animals, contrary to bucks that can become dangerous. I have met ranchers who raised deer catched when fawns and they eventually go back to the woods if kept free, but the does come back regularly. Specially when pregnant.

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from Jim in Mo wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

We had a similar situation some years back. The game dept wouldn't let some people keep their 'pet' deer unless the gate to it's pen remained open so it was free to leave. During deer season they would use orange paint and write Tame on the sides of the deer.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Maybe putting Bimbo in a natural setting, they can work on the owner... she seems.... interesting to say the least.

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

I don't think it's the deer that needs the rehab center.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

What doe can resist dancing to Elvis Presley?

I hope the coalition works in helping Mrs. Schwartz keep the doe. She has been a part of the family already for 5-years!

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from seadog wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Sleeps in her bed at night? That's too wierd even for me. I agree with buckhunter--it isn't the deer that needs rehab.

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from dwatkins wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?

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from Bella wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Tough call, but why doesn't this lady have Lyme disease if a 5 year old doe sleeps in bed with her! (Deer = deer ticks =Lyme disease)The deer must have major digestive issues if she eats human food, deer are browsers! there can't be enough roughage for a ruminants 4 stomachs! Still Clarke's trading post has trained bears, a deer that dances to Elvis ought to be quite an act!
Still any deer that breaks wild animal commandment 1- (Don't trust humans!) is liable to sometime incur the consequences of such a lifestyle, and get shot by some guy who isn't in on the dancing deer act. (love me tender...Love the meat...on the Bar-B-Que, Venison is such a treat, when cooked through and through...)

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Geez. I think the damage has been done with the deer. I doubt it could survive in the wild now, so what's the big deal other than the authorities?

Hey Granny, you sure have a lot of chocolate covered raisins here!

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from dwatkins wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?

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from ENO wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

This is a classic example of humans projecting they're own feelings onto animals. Regardless of how Granny feels or how she interprets the deer's behavior what she has done will ultimately harm the deer. Bringing a wild animal into your house and treating it like a house cat or worse a baby is very short sighted and a BAD IDEA.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from peter wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

i bet she tastes great too,mmm i love cabosa

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from Don Mitchell wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

yup, she definitely needs some help,2pappa,are you up to it???
Don

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from Ricardo Rodríguez wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

At 5 years of age I would say that whatever damage is done is done. That doe is beyond any rehabilitation to be released to the wild, that would just got her killed.

The bed thing was a little too much, though.

Does adapt quite well to be among humans, if not like real pets, like domestic animals, contrary to bucks that can become dangerous. I have met ranchers who raised deer catched when fawns and they eventually go back to the woods if kept free, but the does come back regularly. Specially when pregnant.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Jim in Mo wrote 2 years 39 weeks ago

We had a similar situation some years back. The game dept wouldn't let some people keep their 'pet' deer unless the gate to it's pen remained open so it was free to leave. During deer season they would use orange paint and write Tame on the sides of the deer.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

Maybe putting Bimbo in a natural setting, they can work on the owner... she seems.... interesting to say the least.

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