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Blake is a 2 week old orphaned whitetail fawn on St. John in the US Virgin Islands. Just days old, he was found wandering onto the road in an area where an adult female deer had recently died.
Found by Margaret Majette & Heather Ruhsam, Blake was taken to the Norfleet Wildlife Refuge and Wine Bar (NWR+WB) after several attempts at returning him to the bush ended with him wandering back to the road.
Senior staff at the NWR+WB are scheduled for an extensive immersion course in the study of foreign wildlife and wine drinking, so after spending his critical first week there, Blake has temporarily been relocated to The Animal House at The Tourist Trap. In the coming weeks he will also be looked after by The Littlefield Trust for All Things Seriously Unbelievably Cute. Blake will then return to the NWR+WB until he can be safely reintroduced to the wild.
Found by Margaret Majette & Heather Ruhsam, Blake was taken to the Norfleet Wildlife Refuge and Wine Bar (NWR+WB) after several attempts at returning him to the bush ended with him wandering back to the road.
Senior staff at the NWR+WB are scheduled for an extensive immersion course in the study of foreign wildlife and wine drinking, so after spending his critical first week there, Blake has temporarily been relocated to The Animal House at The Tourist Trap. In the coming weeks he will also be looked after by The Littlefield Trust for All Things Seriously Unbelievably Cute. Blake will then return to the NWR+WB until he can be safely reintroduced to the wild.
Many people have stepped up to the aide of this orphan. Special thanks to the earliest members of Blake’s “village” who saved him and, in doing so, gave us all the gift of being able to help raise him: Margaret Majette, Heather Ruhsam, Kate Norfleet, Diana Ripley, Jude Woodcock, Sue Littlefield, Heidi, The ACC, Cruz Bay Canines Cats & Critters & Dr. Jan Perkins.
I cannot apologize enough to anyone who is left off this list of Blake’s rescuers. I do not have all the details of Blake’s rescue, so please let me know anyone whose help I have neglected to mention.
This introduction to Blake must end with my explaining that when all is said and done, this animal owes it’s life to Mademoiselle Norfleet. All the efforts of everyone else would have been for naught if Kate had not beat unsurmountable odds and kept this little guy alive in his critical first days. Blake has survived solely because of the incredibly demanding week long - literally round the clock – feeding and cleaning vigil that Kate heroically provided. Don’t be fooled by Blake’s charming good looks, his care was a grueling task that required ferocious diligence and prodigious love. Blake is alive because Kate Norfleet lavished him with both in spades. As soon as Blake is 100% “out of the woods” (i.e. healthy and strong enough to go back into the woods) I am gonna go dart in and out of traffic on Centerline Road in the hopes that someone will take me to go live at The Norfleet Wildlife Refuge and Wine Bar. It is heaven on earth overseen by a true angel.
Now I must go post a seriously important blog entry which will contain subject matter that is the real reason this blog was created: pictures of poop.
Please Note: This is a quick recap of the limited information I have. More details and any needed corrections soon come...
As one of the original PASSERS OF THE BUCK, I give thanks and praise to our heroine, Kate, who managed to care and love for wee Blake while buried alive under job folders. How does she do it? And then to find Sue and Cheryl to carry on: AMAZING. Cheryl, thanks for keeping us posted with all the details, both cute AND gooey. Hoping for more cute updates in the days to come.
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