We hope to get ahold of him ASAP. Thank you for sharing this and encouraging others to do the same.

@@CajunCountryLivin The senator should be able to direct you the proper state agency. Maybe he can help you in this endeavor. Thank you for doing the right thing!

@@PaPa-cd2zi I can tell you right now, that the senator and the local state reps will not do anything whatsoever besides possibly direct their complaint to the same wildlife people that mandate the fawn be killed. I'm going thru this same crap over here in Texas right now. I've had to finally file a Federal lawsuit in the Beaumont TX Federal court, as Texas has been stone-walling my State District lawsuit refusing to respond to subpoenas, Discovery, Requests for Production and Notices of Deposition (they literally just didn't bother to show up for Depositions here)! I'm not wealthy this is very hard and very expensive to fight them, and I shouldn't have to fight them in fact but like I said the laws were written by people who only see the animals as targets to blow-away with their AR-15's and sniper scopes for "sport" (aka Fun!) and thus they don't want people to see the animals as anything else.... so people like us, our beliefs are a threat to their fun and they don't like that so they don't like us! smh!

I’m going to shift my mindset to your perspective and put it to good use!

You’re so right.

Those officers do have discretion. Sadly they’re just too tyrannical or stupid to use it nowadays…all they had to do was say nothing was seen on-site.

Wish the law followed that.

Thank you so much Jon. ❤️

I believe this too! ❤🙏

"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

Thank you for your insight on this topic Makayla. You brought up a good point talking about the improvements having conversationist has done to our country. We hope we can still establish a place for deer to go that are healthy, so they can still have a chance at life. We appreciate the work you do/have done to better our country.

In some states it is legal to hunt deer with dogs and in some a so called dog running season exists. Generally, the seasons are regulated and the use of the dogs are limited. From what I see, the use of dogs to hunt deer is legal in Louisiana, but I'm sure it is limited by regulations. But the problem is dogs trained to run deer don't know whether a season allows it or not!! They don't look at calendars or know that it is or isn't legal. Generally healthy deer can outrun a single dog, although fawns are much more vulnerable. If you let dogs run loose, they will chase most wildlife. and most times the wildlife evades getting caught, however when newly born animals are vulnerable. Natural predators like coyotes and wolves, can take quite a few young deer, but often to feed their own young. Arguably, that nature at work. But domestic dogs rarely kill for food, but packs of wild dogs do. If you let domestic dog run loose, you are interfering with nature as much as someone rescuing a fawn in trouble. Usually, when laws a written, there is a preamble justification for the law.. That is pretty standard practice for most legislative bodies, I'm willing to bet that there was some justification for this law and it was probably about making some sort of exploitation of the wild deer illegal. But sometimes the law itself is arbitrary. I doubt that the law here was about preventing people from helping this deer with good intentions. But the reality is that there are people who will exploit laws that have "wiggle room" within them. That then drives arbitrary laws. I suggest that you thoroughly research this law and see if you can find the justification. That in turn is what you can use to "make your case". Public opinion and public pressure can change arbitrary laws. I think the idea of becoming a licensed rehabilitator is a good idea and one that fits the way you two look at such things, Other states do this kind of thing and it is probably worth research neighboring states who do have such provisions. In the end, Fish and Wildlife divisions are about preserving and protecting this natural resource. That should always be the driving force, but one needs to realize that management of the wildlife includes things like hunting and protection of predators It's about seeking a balance that does not create nuisance animal populations that may starve to death. Nobody really wants that either! In the big scheme of things, saving Dasher to be euthanized doesn't make much difference for the species. But it is about preserving ad protecting this resource from being exploited. I think that's how you have to approach your efforts to allow what you two did, Rehab populations provide some good management things like testing for health ad disease issue as well as things like tagging to track migration trends This can provide valuable information for those charged with managing the wildlife. So it can become much more than saving one deer. I think that's also a good way to approach this making it about much more than saving one deer. Good luck.

In the camps people also" WERE JUST DOING THEY JOB" STOP that bullshit! Who holding the gun to your head to do your job? DO WHATS RIGHT! NOT WHAT IS LEGAL! THE LAW: POLITICIAN OPINION BACKED BY MAN WITH GUNS!

@@kristof4890 You bring up a good point that ppl will have to face one day if things don't change in this country. "doing what is right vs what is legal" I have a feeling that one day certain law enforcement will have to make this decision against the ppl of this country due to the orders they are given. We saw just how far they would push it during covid yrs because they were told to do it and it was their job???????? Over the next 5 yrs, covid will have been a walk in the park.

@@kristof4890 EXACTLY! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing."

Yes! Yes! Yes! I support!

Same here I am in Texas, I believe we have rehab facilities here for deer, I know we have places for bobcats and owls.

We 100% agree. All we need to change is just a rehabilitation center for deer. They are currently illegal to rehabilitate and it needs to change.

Well, so much for good people doing the "right" thing. What a world we live in today!!! Thanks for everything you do and sharing this story.

@@jeffreybabb277thank you so much.

They seem to have forgotten that they work for us not the other way around.

We did the same thing with some baby geese 🪿 that got abandoned and were in the middle of the road but we knew they would kill them if we turned them in so we found a sanctuary that took them in once they imprint on humans they can't go back to the wild.. hop you can get that law changed! We are with you !!!

Thank you for the information. We will be looking into that asap! 🫶

Who’s going to pay for that , certainly that agency is just more crap on top of crap agencies . We don’t need more govmint !

Please change the law

I do not feel you got negative or dreary. This was informative/educational. I agree with the person who suggested getting in touch with your local state representative. It is getting close to election time and this is an issue that is emotional and, I believe, would be of high interest to many many people in the state of Louisiana. Your sharing has moved me to check in my own state to assure we do not have a similar law. Thank you so much 💕

Please do fight to change this law!!

Thank you Steve.

We hate this situation too.

I don't know about Louisiana, but in Texas the TP&WD has a "policy" that their Game Wardens do not have to follow the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, and can thus enter your private property and even break into your home at will to conduct un-Constitutional Searches and Seizures without any court warrant issued. I am suing Texas in the Federal Court out of Beaumont TX on this matter right now in fact, and a similar lawsuit in Tennessee was successful and set precedent that state personnel cannot follow a policy that allows their DNR people to trespass on private property without a court warrant any longer (and Tennessee lost on appeal of that decision, too!).

Make that two @terencemerritt... Saving a helpless creature, giving it a fighting chance. I'm not a local, but those two amazing people, always positive, always kind. Even when talking about the two officers that were dispatched, as mentioned by @budoneof15 Like Jim said, there's always a lesson to be learned from every experience... Those who reported it in, PAY ATTENTION while you watch this video...! Overwhelming support for doing the right thing, NOT for reporting kind hearted people. Get the ones that called in put a pen up for those dogs, or at least on a leash. And if they KNOW Jim & Lydia, they should have known that Dasher would be well looked after and set free when he re-gained enough strength/ healed up sufficiently.

We 100% agree.

Amen!

The democrats happened to OUR COUNTRY. Vote em out !

We will do our best!

I will definitely sign and share a petition for this!!!

thank you Frank. ❤️

Thanks so much friends!🫶

Thank you so much.

I'll tell you right now: The people who passed these draconian state laws were and all are hunters who enjoy killing animals for "sport" (aka killing for the pleasure of killing) and they fear people seeing the animals as anything except targets to shoot at! They cloak their "sport" in terms of "Conservation" (by killing for fun, they think they are saving the animals?) and providing food for people's families (not that anybody starves to death or misses a single meal because they can't kill a deer mind you!). btw: Were the German NAZI's concentration camp guards just caught between a rock and a hard place too? Stop making excuses for EVIL PEOPLE! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing."

Thank you for all the support Charley. 🫶

And the truth is, that those officers can and probably do lie all the time to people as part of their "job". It's only unfortunate that the Cajun's didn't understand what those officers were there intending to do. And that, is the problem here. "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing." (I keep repeating this quote in hopes that it will sink-in to people's minds what it means!)

That’s such an amazing story! Thank you so much for sharing.

@@CajunCountryLivinI’m an animal advocate for all gods creatures. In my state I am listed with the county and the animal refuges. That is the most misguided law I have EVER heard of!!! I help place these lost babies when this happens. I’m 💯 behind you, and whatever I can do to help, I will. Elaine Mccurdy in Omaha.

You aren't quite getting it friend... they sell the male deer to be hunted and killed for sport (aka killing for the pleasure of killing animals). You didn't save 3 deer, you gave the deer herder another doe to produce more deer to sell to be killed for fun! Now I'm not a vegetarian, but I am totally against the killing of animals for "sport" or "game" or whatever you want to call it ... I call it evil! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

Thank you so much Roger.

Thank you so much

Once you bottle feed and raise a fawn, it's no longer a "wild animal" it becomes a domestic animal and a family member (what some might refer to as a "pet"). That is what these laws are meant to prevent, they don't want people seeing these animals as anything but targets to shoot for fun, if people start seeing them as furry family members then suddenly the hunting and killing of the animals for "sport" might become unpalatable to the general public and laws might get changed and cut into their "fun" and that makes US the bad people for wanting to try and save a baby animal such as this fawn! They killed the fawn as a lesson, to hurt the Cajun's who clearly cared for and wanted to save it... for no other reason did that baby deer have to die! It was a lesson to them and others not to touch any wild baby animals for any reason unless you just blew it away with your AR-15 and high powered sniper scope (that, they approve of as long as you bought a permit from the state to "take" the animal)! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

wow! Thank you for sharing this story. We appreciate your input & want to thank you for your service on the police force.

Thank you Ross.

@@CajunCountryLivin I love you guys

You are not over-reacting one bit... you are under-reacting if anything! You should be furious and should be calling out names of the people who killed the fawn that you only wanted to save! You, are a good person Lydia... they are evil men though, following evil laws just like the NAZI Concentration camp guards did back in the 1930's for 1 example! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!" Tell me that those officers were just doing their job again.... 😐

Thank you 🫶

Who should have had a chance in life! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

We 100% would love to do that. That would be a dream for us. We will do what we can to get the law changed and hopefully become a rehabilitation center.

Thank you Justin

Thank you for joining the fight for Dasher & being part of the Cajun family ❤️

It will take Federal lawsuits to effect changes in these draconian states however. These laws were written by men who have only 1 interest: Hunting and killing animals for "sport" (aka Fun!). That's it, nothing more do they want these animals to ever be other than targets! Dasher was killed as a lesson to Lydia and anyone else who would dare to see him as anything other than a target to shoot at, LEAVE THE ANIMALS TO THE HUNTERS! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

God loves a good heart and so do I !!

Thank you so much. We hope we can make a big change and show y’all what 2 people can accomplish.

Its evil that such a law exists, in any state! Why do hunters with high powered rifles and sniper scopes have more rights to kill and take the heads as trophies to mount on their walls than we do with a bottle of formula and a heart and willingness to feed care for and raise these animals? "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

Mr. Ron, this comment hit me tonight. Jim & I started our channel to show what life was like here in South Louisiana while showing others that if you have a little love, you can achieve anything. It humbles us to know you think so highly of us and we hope to inspire people of all ages to remember what is right from wrong and it’s a good thing to be a good person. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for reminding us how great of community y’all have developed around us. ❤️ much love to you.

You are very welcome. As a fellow animal lover, I am now a devoted fan. I am going back to binge watch what I have missed in the past!!

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much. We are going to do whatever we can. 🫶

That’s an amazing story. Thank you for sharing Donna. ❤️

Are you aware that Tennessee DNR personnel were trespassing and spying on private property owners at will? And that Tennessee was sued over the practice, and lost? Tennessee then appealed, and lost again! Now Tennessee DNR personnel must get a court ordered search warrant in order to enter private property and conduct searches, just like any other law enforcement personnel... and they don't like it one bit! I'm in Texas, which has a similar policy exempting Game Wardens from the 4th Amendment... they can trespass on your private land, break into your house and search anywhere they want to without a court ordered search warrant they don't even have to tell you what it is they are looking for or what they suspect you of having done! It's insane, and I have been a victim of it myself ... Texas Game Warden Mike Boone broke into my private property forcing my driveway gate open while I was at work in Houston, he entered my property and we don't know what he was there for or how long he was there or what he did while he was in my yard or if he even entered my home, but my next door neighbor was watching him as he opened my driveway gate from inside my property and then drive his truck into my property and was txt messaging me as it was happening! I have Federal Lawsuit filed now, as TP&WD refuses to acknowledge that they broke into my property or tell me why or what they did while they were in my property and this has to STOP! I didn't spend another night at my house after I got back and confirmed that my gate had in fact been tampered with from within, I gathered up what I could and left immediately and never stayed there again and ended up selling the house to an ugly homes investor as a result of this and I remain in hiding right now moving from friends house to friends house because I do not feel at all safe anymore because of this incident! It suxs. 😞 "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

Thank you so much Kimberly

Thank you 🫶

More people need to stand up against these draconian laws and policies, however! 1 person is a malcontent, thousands or millions of people are a movement though! Just saying. "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

Thank you so much for sharing this story. You should be extremely proud for the work you have done even just in your own backyard. We hope to one day be able to become a deer rehabilitation facility so we can follow in your neighbor’s footsteps.

Didn't work-out for Dasher is the understatement of the year friend! "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing!"

We hope we can get the laws changed so we can become a safe habitat as well!

Most people respect law and order, until they have to deal with gov agencies.

We will be working to do whatever we can!

We have some pretty stupid laws about being able to keep marsupials as pets

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much