BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Zoo has a new baby in the family: a female white-tailed deer fawn.
Three-month-old Plum was less than a month old when she was found injured and separated from her mother, Brevard Zoo said Friday. Plum’s mother was never found.
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Plum was then taken to a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility. The zoo said it aims to be a home for white-tailed deer who cannot be released back to their natural habitat.
The facility’s team nursed Plum back to health with the hope of releasing her to her natural habitat, but she has an abnormal gait that prevents her from walking and running normally.
We’ve welcomed a sweet female white-tailed deer fawn to our Wild Florida area!
— Brevard Zoo (@BrevardZoo) July 29, 2022
Our Zoo aims to be a home for white-tailed deer like her who can’t be released back to their natural habitat. Read our blogpost to learn more: https://t.co/PSVm4uaNjO pic.twitter.com/uOH8stSBF5
Soon, visitors will be able to feed deer, including Plum, again. The zoo said it will place feeding stations around their habitat, but a date has not been released.
Plum lives in a section of the loop across from the Florida black bear habitat. She is living with a 3-year-old white-tailed deer, Persimmon, and a flock of Osceola turkeys.
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