LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The system works.

After lawmakers penned a bipartisan letter urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to step in, a blind deer will escape euthanasia after the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a permit to allow “Peanut” to be housed at a rehab facility.

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The Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG), which pushed back against the euthanasia, said Peanut will be moved to the Howell Nature Center in nearby Livingston County.

DNR officials said this marks a rare case where a wild animal would be kept at a facility rather than humanely killed due to its impairment.

Michigan Rep. Angela Rigas (R-Caledonia) spearheaded the efforts and posted the good news on Facebook.

The DNR released a statement, saying “fawns aided by animal rehabbers in the spring must be released into the wild by Oct. 1 to give them time to reacquaint themselves with food resource locations before winter arrives.” John Pepin, DNR deputy public information officer, explained that deer aren’t meant to be kept as pets long-term. “If they remain in rehab facilities beyond early October and are later released, they won’t be able to survive in the wild over the wintertime,” Pepin said.

However, this is only one-half of the win lawmakers sought in their letter. The DNR is fighting DAWG in court over a coyote that’s in the organization’s possession. Lawmakers are also asking to save the coyote from euthanasia.