Bambi’s story is reminiscent, at least in part, of that of the fawn made famous by Disney. He too lost his mother as a puppy, but it was Giovanni Del Zoppo’s family who saved him in a wood in Valmalenco, in the province of Sondrio, and adopted him in June 2020. Since then Bambi has lived with them and has become an authentic mascot for tourists who sometimes see him grazing with some of the 70 goats on the farm of Sara, daughter of Del Zoppo.
Now, however, the fawn, indeed now the deer, could soon be removed from the farm in the Valtellina area. “I found him in a clearing, alone, frightened in June two years ago – says Giovanni, 58, who works as a quarryman, flanked by his thirty-year-old son Nicola who helps him and he too hopes for a happy ending to the story that has so much shocked the parent and the whole family -. I had left it, hiding in the grass, thinking that the doe mother would soon be back to get it back. Instead, perhaps due to the smell of my dogs who accompanied me on a walk in the woods that day, it was abandoned. “
«So I took him to my stable and saved his life. At the beginning I fed it with the milk of the goats raised by us – he adds -. Then, growing up, also with apples from Valtellina. He has grown up well. The veterinarian and the Provincial Police agents also recognized him when, in recent days, they came here and told me that they would take him away. I do not find it absolutely right. He, who I simply called Bambi, became fond of us and we of him. He would suffer without seeing us anymore: he is part of our family ».
«This winter – adds Del Zoppo – he was away for five days. We were worried. But he took a vacation, obviously, and then went back to the quarry where I work, here in Valmalenco, and happy we went home together. He just misses the word. My little adored nieces Caterina and Carlotta how would they manage to live without their ‘little brother’ who cuddle so much every day, always being reciprocated in their affections? ».
As proof of Bambi’s affection, there are the images that portray him as he ‘hugs’ Giovanni, or takes the kisses of the girls. According to the provincial guards, however, the animal could become dangerous not to mention that the law does not allow exceptions.
“Wildlife, by law, cannot be kept at home, in barns or in other environments that are not authorized to do so – explains Gianluca Cristini, interim commander of the Provincial Police of Sondrio -. In a month at the most it will have its first bellowing period, it will go in search of the female and, therefore, it could become dangerous and start giving head, as ungulates do in these cases. A wild animal cannot be kept as a domestic animal, only authorized centers can do it. As has already happened in the past with other animals, it will be fenced in a very large, grassy and wooded area, and there it will make its life. It will be able to mate with the females that will be inserted, but it will not be able to be reintroduced in nature, because by now it would not resist ».
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