Very protective mother doe!

Never thought a doe (female deer) could get this aggressive in order to protect her young! Just goes to show that dogs shouldn't be allowed off leach anywhere!!

Check out this new video I posted - different situation - the fawn and dog are friends on this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuuW3_UZbmE

**WARNING NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART**

This is not my video. I just uploaded it as I got it in the mail. The original video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGn1G...

Personally, I certainly would have done more than she did when if it were my dog in there, I would have run up to it with the first thing I could grab.

Here is his/her description:

fsubra — June 09, 2010 — A newborn fawn creates a dangerous situation when mom gets protective. Starts cute, ends scary. Warning: this is disturbing stuff.
I cut the footage because I ended up filming the dog's owner, whose privacy had to be protected.
The dog eventually left limping—since posting this I have heard that it recovered. THE DOG IS OKAY, I think.
River, my deer-whispering cat, is fine—we'll see if he learned his lesson. (And no, I won't put him on a leash or lock him in the house. A cat is not a dog.)
We did call animal control, there was nothing they could do.
As to why I didn't stop filming to help the dog:
there were other people around, the dog wasn't mine, I selfishly felt lucky to have something extraordinary to film.
If that makes me an idiot... well, that wouldn't exactly be news to anyone in these parts.
And no, we never gave food to a deer, but they are all over the place and we probably need some level of government to address the issue before some kid gets hurt. That's why I filmed and posted this.
(Don't worry, John Wayne, this is in Canada—here we like the government to help with problems individuals can't address alone, it makes us feel like our taxes go somewhere useful. I am not advocating for more government in Texas or Iowa... to each his own, amigo. Incidentally, that's another reason why no guns were involved in this downtown scene.)
After this was picked up by digg.com and others, my email account couldn't handle the influx of comments (I stopped at 214 an hour), which is why I'm trying to answer questions here.
Finally: yes, my being there filming contributed to the problem, stressing the doe. And yes, I feel bad about it.
My excuse: River has been hanging out with deer for a long time... this was a first, because of the newborn, and it went haywire in a hurry.

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[Iceyace1000]

go and drop kick that doe......i mean i would have risked getting attacked over the dog dieing

[moscreations]

@Iceyace1000 The dog didn't die or hurt badly

[mscookiemonster31]

@moscreations please tell me the dog and cat are okay????

[moscreations]

@mscookiemonster31 Yes they are both fine

[ClOuDkIcKsAsS300]

I hope next time when that woman's dog is outside, it's on a damn leash. why didn't she see this coming, and what did she expect the doe to do? The mother was just protecting her own kid. Plus, why did she just stood there and screamed when her dog was attacked? It's is the worst thing you could do when anything is being attacked by a wild animal. It'll only stress the animal out even more, prolonging the attack. I hope the lesson was learned.

[tariktesera]

i don't understant why you don't have guard the dog near you !!!

but the reaction of this mother was normal, like every mother must do for protecting her child !

[ChoclateBunny00]

My First Thought:

Ok, so Bwahaha! Now the cat is full black. It doesn't stop it just runs like hell

[mikel1982]

quite the ecosystem you got going here

[endlessmountain]

Is a deer smart enough to detect a threat from the species of dogs and at the same time not see the cat as a big threat and thus used a heck of a lot more aggression on the dog.  Your dog would be ok from that but the dog felt that one for a few days.

[TieDyeSteveAnderson]

I consider myself an animal lover, but if that were my dog, that fawn would be an orphan. Leash or no leash, the deer ran twenty yards to attack the dog, who was nowhere near the fawn. At least off leash, the dog had a chance to get away...

[RedneckRosso]

wouldn't think twice i'd drop that fucking doe in a heartbeat if it was fucking with my dog or cat. Don't give a shit if it's protecting it's fawn

[arthursaey]

At first I was like aaaaawwwwww, that's cute! But then I was like: DAMN NATURE, YOU SCARY!, Bambi doesn't pull that shit!!! Glad the dog's Ok though

[peeking09]

I get that the deer wanted to protect her baby, the poor thing did look like it was hurt, but damn...that was horrible all the way around

[ddmahan922]

the cat wanted to follow so badly...

[BelangEH420]

I would have ran over to that deer and sawed the damn things neck in half with my ka-bar usmc fighting knife and watch the blood slowly become a pool in the street as the neighborhood kiddies watch in awe

[mmfmmf332]

That dog needs to learn how to fight. (I"m glad the dog is okay.)