


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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Comments (13)
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!
I don't think it's the deer that needs the rehab center.
Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?
Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?
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.
i bet she tastes great too,mmm i love cabosa
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.
yup, she definitely needs some help,2pappa,are you up to it???
Don
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...)
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!
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.
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.
Maybe putting Bimbo in a natural setting, they can work on the owner... she seems.... interesting to say the least.
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I don't think it's the deer that needs the rehab center.
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!
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.
Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?
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...)
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!
Has grandma been hitting the "special" cough syrup a little too much?
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.
i bet she tastes great too,mmm i love cabosa
yup, she definitely needs some help,2pappa,are you up to it???
Don
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.
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.
Maybe putting Bimbo in a natural setting, they can work on the owner... she seems.... interesting to say the least.
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