{"id":25327,"date":"2019-06-13T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=367339"},"modified":"2019-06-13T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:08:35","slug":"deer-attacks-85-year-old-craig-woman-causes-serious-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/deer-attacks-85-year-old-craig-woman-causes-serious-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer attacks 85-year-old Craig woman, causes \u2018serious injuries\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-DeerRut-SDN-112918-1-600x443.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-DeerRut-SDN-112918-1-600x443.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Brf-DeerRut-SDN-112918-1-600x443-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption><strong>A mule deer buck in velvet hears something in the distance near Bailey, Colorado.<\/strong><br \/><em>David Hannigan \/ Colorado Parks and Wildlife<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are investigating a wildlife attack in Craig, according to a news release from the agency.<\/p>\n<p>CPW responded at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to a mule deer doe with two fawns that allegedly attacked and injured an 85-year-old woman as the woman walked her dog within city limits near Sunset Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>According to the officers, the woman has been transported to Memorial Regional Health with \u201cserious injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers believe the woman and her dog surprised the animal, leading to an unusually aggressive response by the doe.<\/p>\n<p>Doe attacks are rare but wildlife officers say they can happen and they can be serious, especially when the animal is rearing her young.<\/p>\n<p>At about 8 p.m., CPW officers located and captured the doe and her fawns at Schrader Avenue and Finley Lane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn accordance with agency policy and due to the doe\u2019s extremely aggressive behavior, CPW will put the animal down to protect public safety. The fawns will be taken to a local rehabilitation facility,\u201d the release read. \u201cThe doe\u2019s carcass will be taken to CPW\u2019s Wildlife Health Lab for a full necropsy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CPW warns residents about the dangers of approaching any wildlife, especially females with offspring.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Porras, public information officer for CPW\u2019s northwest region, said that while mule deer are often docile around humans, it\u2019s never a guarantee, much less when fawns are involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can always be anomalies in their behavior,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/deer-attacks-85-year-old-craig-woman-causes-serious-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mule deer buck in velvet hears something in the distance near Bailey, Colorado.David Hannigan \/ Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are investigating a wildlife attack in Craig, according to a news release from the agency. CPW responded at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to a mule deer doe with two fawns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 23:51:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}