Newborn fawns may appear abandoned and fragile but their best chance for survival comes when people leave them alone – especially in spring, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said.

Baby wildlife season is coming up and the Pauline S ... “Some teenagers came up carrying a fawn and said they found it in a ditch near a dirt road near a lake and said it wasn’t supposed to be there,” ...

For the first week of life, frightened fawns instinctively freeze, making full use of their white spotted coats, a protective coloration. Newborn fawns are not fast enough to outdistance predators ...