In the wake of the bite, lawmakers and community members questioned whether local and state laws were up to the task of regulating such dangerous animals. There’s no indication any laws were broken.

Meet animals whose survival depends on their teeth and fangs. Featuring the world's deadliest land snake, the Taipan, and a baby hippopotamus with a bone-crushing bite.

Whether it is a fawn, duckling, baby cottontail rabbit or a songbird, it is better to leave them alone. Often, young animals are not abandoned or deserted, and the mother is probably nearby.

Apr. 9—Though well-intentioned, people do more harm than good when they try to help wildlife without the training, expertise or legal authority to do so. We have a lot of wildlife in our area ...

Despite what many think, wild mothers do not abandon their young because of a human scent, and most newborn animals do not survive in captivity, according to the conservation department.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials are reminding granite staters to leave young wildlife alone. Most deer fawns are born in April and May. At the beginning of the fawn's ...