The doe is likely not far off, waiting to return to feed her newborn fawn. Most of the time, people who interfere are removing the fawn from the care of its mother, who was waiting to return.

June is fawn season in Texas, something thousands of rural and suburban Texans discover when they stumble upon a tiny, brown-with-white-dapples clump lying motionless under a shrub, in a patch of ...

The doe will spend the rest of the day feeding and resting. Baby fawns found on the ground should not be picked up, because doing so could cause great stress on both the mother and doe, said Conklin.

It's tempting to "help" a fawn that appears to be sick or abandoned. But not only is taking the fawn illegal, it could be fatal for the young critter.

A fawn that appears abandoned is merely awaiting a visit from its mother. A doe, after brief periods of feeding and grooming her fawn, will spend much of her day feeding and resting somewhat ...

HOCHATOWN, Okla. -- Volunteers at the Hochatown Wildlife Rehab and Petting Zoo already have their hands full this year, bottle-feeding fawns and other baby wildlife.

But until the fawns are ready to become residents of the forest later this summer, Barron and Lawrence, both volunteers with Wildlife Works, will feed them three times a day.