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Arrow kills doe, orphaned fawns believed dead
Times Colonist
Published: Friday, July 13, 2007

Saanich police animal control officers are not giving up on their search for the poacher who shot a doe with an arrow near Prospect Lake Road, leaving her to die a slow, painful death and orphaning her twin fawns.

The fawns, who were last seen standing near their mother after she died on a Woodsend Road lawn June 28, are believed to have since died.

The twins were only days old and it is unlikely they would have survived without a mother to provide for them.

Pound officers made several unsuccessful attempts to find the fawns.

Anyone with information about the person who shot the doe in her hindquarters is asked to call Saanich police at 475-4321 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2007