Ashley Flint, director of the Fox Valley Wildlife Center, in Elburn, bottle feeds Franklin, a two month fawn, on Monday, July 2, 2012. Franklin was brought to the center after a farmer ran over its legs with a tractor. Flint hopes to raise enough money to fit the deer with a prosthetic leg. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
Franklin, a two month old fawn, prefers the darkness of the back of its cage while recovering from a tractor accident that cut off one of its legs. The fawn, which might one day get a prosthetic leg, is resting comfortably at the Fox Valley Wildlife Center, in Elburn, on Monday, July 2, 2012. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
Ashley Flint, director of the Fox Valley Wildlife Center, in Elburn, nuzzles with Franklin, a two-month-old fawn whose legs were run over in a farming accident. Flint hopes to raise enough money to fit Franklin with a prosthetic leg. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
The Fox Valley Wildlife Center, in Elburn, has got its hands full these days with a young red fox that staff is trying to one day reintroduce into the wild and a two-month old fawn, Franklin, who suffered the loss of a leg after a tractor rode over it. The hope as of July 2, 2012, is to fit the fawn with a prosthetic leg. | Michele du Vair~For Sun-Times Media
ELBURN — The Fox Valley Wildlife Center is hoping a deer that had a leg amputated after a farming accident will recover enough to receive a prosthetic leg. The center’s wildlife rehab specialists are optimistic in the recovery of the white speckled fawn, which had …
