Health & Fitness
Have At It: What should the DNR have done about Giggles the fawn?
By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — No one’s laughing over Giggles.
You know that scene in “Bambi” in which he and his mom are running from the evil Man and, suddenly, she’s gone, and then you — and Bambi — realize he’s been killed and, well, everybody cries?
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Well, that’s basically what animal lovers say went down last month in Kenosha, with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources playing the role of “Man” and a fawn called “Giggles” stepping in as the ill-fated deer.
But wait just a second, the DNR says: We were just doing our job, upholding the law and protecting Wisconsin to boot.
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Either way, the events of mid-July have set off a firestorm, garnering thousands of comments on the DNR’s Facebook page and even drawing the attention of liberal blog site Daily Kos.
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