Late spring and early summer in New Jersey is known as baby season. The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife wants to remind residents that if find a fawn, baby rabbit, fox, bird, raccoon or any other animal just hanging out in your backyard in one spot, don t move it.
Often, the lives of many young animals are disrupted by well-intentioned people attempting to save their lives. But you could be doing them more harm than good.
Carole Stanko, Wildlife Management Bureau chief at Division of Fish and Wildlife, said the babies are designed to keep still in one spot so as not to attract predators. Many people misinterpret their stillness as either being sick or injured when that is often not the case.