Visitors to local parks are being warned not to feed or pet deer after multiple sightings of people coaxing them over with food and treating them like tame animals. The practice is unsafe, according ...

Cell phone video that a game warden said showed a hunter petting an illegally shot and injured deer, and saying "good boy" before killing the animal, has raised calls from wildlife advocates for ...

A video sent to 7 Action News shows a woman sharing a nice moment with a deer while she is petting it, but that's when the deer decided it is no longer feeling the love. According to Samantha Lichon, ...

FRANKFORT, Ind. (WISH) — A deer found injured last week at a central Indiana petting zoo has died. Previously, zookeepers at the Frankfort Parks Department’s TPA Park Aviary & Petting Zoo reported a ...

FRANKFORT, Ind — Officials in Frankfort are investigating the deaths of three animals at a city-run petting zoo. In a Facebook post Thursday, Jan. 16, the city announced that zookeepers conducting ...

People have been spotted petting and feeding the deer, particularly at Saddle River County Park (background). Officials say it's unsafe for the people and the animals. — Cecilia Levine/Charles J.