Hank Van-Til, 67, was driving from Grand Falls to his home in Little River, west of Hillsborough, on Monday when he saw a pickup truck hit a doe, sending the animal into a ditch.
After pulling to the side of the road, Van-Til saw the deer was pregnant.
Van-Til fetched a knife and performed a Caesarean operation on the doe, something he'd learned how to do while working with cows.
He then delivered the baby, took the fawn back to his truck, laid paper towels down and sat the animal in the cab.
Realizing the deer would need food, he took an empty cup and milked the dying mother, then fed the baby animal using his fingers.
Yesterday, the Department of Natural Resources seized the baby deer – which the man has named "Dickie" – and launched an investigation into the matter.
Under New Brunswick law, it is illegal to take an orphaned animal home and care for it without a permit.
Wow, good thing our government is protecting us from monsters like that. I mean they do stop groups like this, but that is nothing compared to stopping someone who would save a deer.
Governator
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