Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A woman who domesticated an orphaned fawn five years ago on Canada's Vancouver Island has been told by provincial officials she has to give it up. Janet Schwartz was notified July 15 by the British Columbia Environment Ministry the black-tailed deer she calls Bimbo must either be released into the wild or sent to a rehabilitation center, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Advertisement Ministry wildlife biologist Kim Brunt said wildlife can't be kept as pets. But Schwartz has vowed to fight the order, as she told the CBC the deer has its own bed and eats with her from the table. "She eats all the same food I eat. She'll eat anything, bananas, apples, potatoes, cookies, candy, pop," Schwartz said. She said Bimbo will rise on hind legs to give a hug, along with other domesticated activities. "She'll give you kisses and she loves to dance to Elvis Presley. It's her favorite music," she said. Schwartz said a friend brought the fawn to her five years ago after it was seen standing near its dead mother near the town of Ucluelet, some 180 miles northwest of Victoria. Advertisement "She's like a baby I never had. I don't want to see her go because I love her," Schwartz said.
