Warning: The Bambis are through the Looking Glass

ABC News is reporting this:

A rash of attacks by male deer has prompted California wildlife officials to warn people to try and keep their distance from the wild animals. The attacks, two against people and three against neighborhood pets, are most likely fluke incidents, officials say. However, the gorings could also be a sign that as residential areas expand, wild deer are becoming more accustomed to people and less fearful of them.

"What happens is these animals get more comfortable around people and people start to think of them like Bambi and often don't realize they can be dangerous," said Steve Martarano of the California Department of Fish and Game.

There is a only one sane solution; hunt them for food.


Update:

Just in case you thought your home was safe from invasion Neale News is now carrying this report from ABC News of a man who had a life and death encounter with a white tailed “Bambi”:

BENTONVILLE, Ark. Nov 1, 2005 — It looked like a crime scene, but no charges will be filed after Wayne Goldsberry killed a buck with his bare hands in his daughter's bedroom. The engagement lasted an exhausting 40 minutes, but Goldsberry finally subdued the five-point whitetail deer that crashed through a bedroom window at his daughter's home Friday. When it was over, blood splattered the walls and the deer lay on the bedroom floor, its neck broken.

But there is an upside to this story; Goldsberry intends to eat the deer.

(Tipped off by Neale News)