Fawn hand-reared by family - and becomes best friend to two dogs from rear ttt Watch Video

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✓ Published: 19-Jun-2024

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A baby deer hand-reared by an animal rescuer after moving in with his family is best friends with his two dogs - even answering to her name.<br/><br/>Milly the fawn was ''mistakenly'' rescued from the wild when she was less than 24 hours old.<br/><br/>A walker thought she had been abandoned in the long grass by a walker who took her to a vets in Moretonhampstead, Devon.<br/><br/>Because she had been in contact with a human the vets believed the fawn's mother would not take her back - so rang local animal rescuer Steve Hopper.<br/><br/>Now a year later Steve, 65, has hand-reared young Milly with the help of his two German Shepherds - who have taken to her like family.<br/><br/>She plays with the two German Shepherd Bear and Fox like siblings. <br/><br/>Steve says she will come by her name when she is called - often when she knows there is a chocolate biscuit waiting for her.<br/><br/>Steve, a former police sergeant at Devon and Cornwall Police who has been an animal rescuer for 40 years, said: \