Fawning Season May Be Causing Increase In Deer Incidents
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Fawning season may be the reason why some deer ended up in unlikely places around Chicago this past weekend, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Blue Line service was shut down for about an hour early Saturday morning as crews worked to remove an injured deer from the tracks near the Rosemont stop, according to CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis.
Fawning Season May Be Causing Increase In Deer Incidents
The animal was in the southbound lane - requiring the CTA to shut off power as it was removed and using a shuttle bus from Harlem to O'Hare.
Lambrini says there was a similar incident two years ago also along the Blue Line, at the Cumberland stop.
There were also reports this weekend of a deer in Streeterville - that also went onto Lake Shore Drive and one on the Stevenson.
Chris Anchor, a wildlife biologist with the Cook County Forest Preserve, says there's usually a pulse of activity around this time of year - which is fawning season.
"The does break up for a short period of time to find an isolated area to have their fawn and when they do that they get pushed into strange areas so they end up crossing roads that they are not used to crossing," said Anchor.
Anchor says there's not much you can do to discourage deer from visiting - but he urges people not to feed them or they'll stick around.