Gainesville and Florida organizations assist in Key deer conservation and awareness
Meet some of the people responsible for giving a Key deer named Blue a home March 10, 2021 | 6:00am EST
Elliot Blue Monroe, a Key deer, eats his breakfast at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo on Feb. 26, 2021. Key Deer Awareness Day is March 11, 2021.(Photo by Antonia LaRocca) Photo by Antonia LaRocca | The Independent Florida Alligator
Elliot Blue Monroe, a Key deer who goes by Blue, was alone and about the size of a housecat when people in Big Pine Key and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service observed him wandering alone in April.