White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) AKA Virginia Deer and Whitetail
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The following photos were sent to us by Alejandro G. Cossio of the rescued whitetail deer on his sanctuary in Queretaro, Mexico. We also believe that this subspecies of white-tailed deer are Odocoileus virginianus mexicanus who live in central Mexico.
Also see: About...Our Contributors, Friends, Supporters, and Volunteers
And: Alejandro and the Deer
And: Sierra Malichi: Living in Peace with Deer

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This is the end of the photos sent to us by Alejandro G. Cossio of Sierra Malichi: Living in Peace with Deer

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 201)  This and the next 4 photo were taken by Sharon B. Johnson in her yard in the foothills of the Boston Mountains near Winslow, AK.  We thank her for sending them to us.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 202) This is one of about 7 deer that came to visit Sharon in her yard.  She was only about 10 feet away from her.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 203)  These deer decided to take a rest beside Sharon's wood pile.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 204) Sharon wrote, "a few years back, one doe used to bring a couple of young ones and leave them on my lawn for a while. She would come back after about an hour and rejoin them. I never dared to take pictures of them for fear of scaring them off."

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 205) Sharon wrote, "I took the photo of this little one from the patio door in my living room. She was only about 10 ft from me, but you can probably see there was a chain link fence between us (for a dog run). She stayed around for quite a long time - one of my dogs finally scared her off. She didn't realize he was just trying to give her a dog biscuit."

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 206) We took this photo of the white-tailed deer on 18 November 2013 as we were on one of our walks. We also took several more photos. 

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 207) This deer watched us walk up the road toward her without exhibiting any outward sign of fear.  

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 208) As we got closer to her, we began to softly talk to her, and she just stayed and watched us approach her.   

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 209) God created this world to be a peaceful place where no animal or human would ever intentionally hurt each other, and where there was love for one another without any fear. These encounters remind us of this truth, and we pray that it will return very soon.    

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 210) After a few more moments of talking to her, she continued on her way.     

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 211) When this white-tailed deer neared the the edge of the road, she began to run across directly in front of us.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 212) On 1 December 2013, while on our walk, we saw this white-tailed deer along the side of the road and took a few photos of her.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 213) The deer then turned and started walking toward the side yard of this house. 

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 214) The deer continued to walk to the back yard where she joined her companion, and they both looked at us. Every time we have an encounter like this one, we always think and pray about how much better this world would be if all humans and animals were one another's companions.  

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 215) We said good-bye and we all continued on our way.   

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 216) On 8 May 2014, we took this photo of a white-tailed deer who  seems to be reading the address sign in front of a house.

(White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) - 216a) This is a closer look at the deer reading the address sign. 

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