>>They were collared, for G-d’s sake.<<
Why were they collared?
What kind of insane reasoning is this?
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources blames Jeff and LeeAnn Carpenter for taking in the animals without notifying state or local officials, and affixing them with identifying collars. The identifying collars acted as a signal that the animals could not be regarded as wild - and thus posed a potential health threat to wild animals.
Diseases can fester among animals in captivity, Capt. Greg Salo, regional supervisor for the DNR’s enforcement division, said Monday.
“If he had contacted us, I think we could have corrected the problem without having to destroy them,” Salo said. “The minute he took them as fawns and put collars on them, he sealed their fate.”