"Somebody most likely took that deer out of the wild as a fawn and tried to keep it as a pet and put a collar on it," the Missouri Dept. of Conservation shared The Missouri Dept. of Conservation (MDC) ...

Someone in Missouri thought it would be a good idea to fasten a collar around a deer and write “PET” on the side of its body, apparently thinking it would protect the animal from hunters. Whatever the ...

A deer with a collar and the word “pet” painted on its side was recently spotted wandering Jefferson County, Missouri, capturing attention on social media and concerning state wildlife officials.

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There's a dispute over who has the rights to a wild deer in Fayette County. One woman tried to claim the deer as her pet, giving it a dog collar and even getting it vaccinated. But the Pennsylvania ...

While the owners of the “pet” deer may have had good intentions, Missouri Department of Conservation captain, Scott Corley, said they did the deer no favors by taking it in, according to the Kansas ...

The deer, named "Baby," has been raised by the woman — along with residents of Pennsylvania's Fayette County — since he was a fawn Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work ...

UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - In a backyard in Union Township outside Birdsboro a bond continues to form. We were feeding wild deer in our backyard for the longest time and I said to my dad, why don't we get ...

Eric Kiehn filmed his cat Pebbles having a close encounter with two deer in Ellensburg, Washington Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

A deer fitted with a collar and marked as a “pet” was recently spotted in rural Missouri, raising eyebrows among residents and concerning wildlife officials. The buck was seen near the town of De Soto ...