A deer had been hit by a car and was sitting in field, looks as its back end was broken and looked in alot of distress, I felt awful seeing it, if I called the vets would they charge me for pts? Anyhow a good friend of mine who supplies me with vension and does alot of shooting has put it out of its misery.

I would personally take it to the vets if I were able and I thought that it had a chance of survival. Or I would phone the SSPCA.  A few years ago I hit a deer, it had not a chance of survival. I phoned a gamekeeper I knew to dispatch it, but it died on its own.  If I took anything to the vets to ask them to treat I would be prepared to pay if asked.  I dont know if it is the same nowadays but years ago if the police took in an injured animal they had to pay. BUT, a  lot would dempend on how good your relationship was with your vet as to what , if anything, I would imagine.  Not nice to see anyhting injured, its a sad thing.  

I think this depends very much on your vet, I know ours doesn't charge and will also treat wild animals & birds taken in. Would aways take something there or ask their advice - and going off topic have given up with the RSPCA as they take my money and then put the bird/animal down.

Think to pick up a deer and put it in a car would cause undue distress what would normally happen is it would be shot where it lay. Some wooded areas have game keepers who would deal with this but otherwise I would suggest the local council should be informed and they may well send a gun or vet out.

I had a deer run down my lane being chased by 2 dogs when i lived in the countryside, it skidded on the bend and broke its leg..managed to get hold of it and throw a blanket over it which was in the car..a man came along and helped to get it in the back of the car and i took it to the vet hospital about 3 miles away...they rang and said they had to put it to sleep as the rehabilitate a deer is so very hard to do and her brake was very serious.

I was not charged anything from the vets.

The deer stalker at the estate said that the 2 dogs were always getting out and chasing his deer and that the owner did nothing to try and keep them away.

My own vets probably wouldnt have charged me, but the local one charge a fortune to walk through the door, anyhow the poor Deer was put out of her misery.

>> The deer stalker at the estate said that the 2 dogs were always getting out and chasing his deer and that the owner did nothing to try and keep them away.

Thats not good at all.. Have an idea what dogs we're talking about here.

I know my vets don't charge as i've been there when people have dropped off cats which had been found run over.

It's the Wiston Estate Sue, the stalker said if the dogs had chased the deer along all along the lane from where the herd were that morning to where she skidded then her hooves would have been worn right down..the dog owner when the police got involved said he felt harrassed by the stalker and had no way of stopping his dogs doing what is natural to them !!

> Think to pick up a deer and put it in a car would cause undue distress

Nova, yes I do agree obviously it would depend very much on size of animal, degree on injury and if I could manage alone or with help. Do keep contact numbers on my mobile now so at least I can deal with it there and not have to drive away leaving it.

unless it was a muntjac or a small roe youd have hell of a jobto even lift it and it would be way way to dangerous (to everyone) to transport it in back of a car. BASC have a list of people who can go out and do a roadside dispatch of injured deer, very few are recoverable and as someone who does call outs for RTA deer, I can assure you that most injuries if they cant get up, are non recovery.

How strange you should post this after we just encountered a road kill.  For us it had just happened (last night on our way to skating) but the vehicles involved were manoeuvring to pick it up.  Legislation changed some years ago to allow people to keep their roadkill without need for a hunting license.  Ironically our gun season for deer ended on Saturday, though bow season is still on.  Thankfully this poor buck was laid out cold.  My OH used to be a game warden and it is horrible, horrible, horrible if they break their legs but aren't killed out right.  It's amazing how far they can go on a broken leg, even on two broken legs, it's awful.

Sorry, I have no answer for you.  Here a Vet wouldn't touch it, it'd be up to a game warden, such as my OH, and they are so underfunded they would not be able to respond.  So good it's dead and not suffering but I guess I'm still upset at seeing it.

Vets are allowed to charge for treatment of wild animals and usually do. However, they are not allowed to refuse treatment of a wild animal regardless of whether payment is available or not.

Vera

I shouldn't think they would charge, although it may not be feasible for a small animal vet to do and they may be reluctant to if its out of hours. The RSPCA would be able to help but not sure how quickly they could send an officer out. In the new forest we have the agisters who are on call to deal with injured deer and livestock luckily.