Deer on Runway..................

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Harley Reich
......... but not this one.

My brother sent this from St. George, UT. I don't know his source but with a reference to "Zoo and Fossil Rim" it must have originated from somewhere in Texas. Dave? Spike? The literature which accompanied the photos is:

" very eventful day around here... A once in many lifetimes experience!
Mark saw this li'l feller run out in front of a car, thought it was a lost baby goat. Stopped to get it, and it was a real Albino Whitetail Deer. Just hours old, but doing fine. No Momma deer around. Another car nearly hit it in front of Mark...
Well,, he is THE neatest thing any of us ever saw. And such a 'freak of nature', that only 1 in more than a million are even born. He took his bottle of food, followed us around the house, doing great. So, we called the Zoo & Fossil Rim, who were both interested, but we're going to send him to a Rehab farm. Maybe he will make it in captivity somewhere and be appreciated. So rare... Sure wanted to keep him tho. but, not the thing to do. And not LEGAL either ; But, here are a couple of pix to show ya. He was snow white, pink eyes, ears, nose and hooves. Kids called him POWDER. He was SO small. That is my shoe lying beside him... .how cool is that??"

HR
 

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It's a good thing American Airlines didn't catch him! :eek:

Gosh, he is a tiny little thing. I didn't realize they were born so small. This is a great experience for the kids, I'm sure. A treasured memory.
 
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) banned the havesting of albino deer about 2 years ago.
 
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