Comments on: Indiana: “Couple Faces Jail Time For Nursing Deer Back To Health” https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/02/indiana-couple-faces-jail-time-for-nursing-deer-back-to-health/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/02/indiana-couple-faces-jail-time-for-nursing-deer-back-to-health/comment-page-1/#comment-200217 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:51:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35869#comment-200217 I agree there is something wrong with prosecuting the couple, but at the same time, they kept the deer in captivity for over two years.

It almost seems the couple was not interested in helping the animal and returning it to the wild, but rather healing the animal and keeping it as a pet.

]]> By: John Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/02/indiana-couple-faces-jail-time-for-nursing-deer-back-to-health/comment-page-1/#comment-200134 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:36:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=35869#comment-200134 this attitude is pretty common in wildlife agencies. they prefer to see animals dead or suffering in pain, rather than having them touched by humans. I think it is the result of a demented Greenie religious mania, which holds that any actions taken towards animals by man are evil.

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