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Ok, last night was interesting, and with the animals in my life, it takes a bit to get me say it was interesting.  

A neighbor comes knocking at my door, "There is a bleeding deer in your back yard.”  I reply "HUH?”  He restates what he had just said, and I go out back to see.

There is a wounded deer standing next to my husband's truck, behind the shelter's minivan. 

Ok, call our vet, Dr. Krupka, yeah he will treat it, tells me how we have to catch her.  Personally, I want her darted.  The shelter will be responsible for her, but I am not transporting a deer that is fully conscious out to Avon Lake.  We get her taken care of, and then we can release her on a friend’s property.  Sixty acres of woods.  (BTW, the vet was 45 minutes away and on duty)

Call Animal Control, no answer, on the machine it says call APL.  Call APL, the young woman informs me they do not come out for that stuff, call the Wildlife people.  The place they are telling me to call closes at 5:00 PM.

Now I am desperate, people are walking into the yard letting their kids approach a wounded animal.  IDIOTS.  Hubby is getting them out.

 I call the news desk at Fox, and the young man who answered tried his best to come up with help.  Unfortunately, Mr. Goddard is on a well-deserved vacation, and no one had access to any of the rescue numbers.

 Ok, now I am desperate.  I call a friend who has had helped with wild life before.  Yeah, they have nets and have dealt with a few deer on a friend’s farm, they are willing to help.  They even can sedate her for me.  Help is on the way. 

 In the meantime, while I was on the phone, and hubby had just walked inside, someone approaches her and she spooks.  She was last seen running south on Woburn, in Old Brooklyn.

 My biggest problem with the whole thing is even trying to do the right thing, granted it was a very rare occurrence, I was not able to get any help, second is the fact people assume they can just walk into someone's yard when they please if there is something interesting going on.  Both I find very disturbing, and a case for privacy fencing.