Dec 07, 2022, 7:26pmUpdated 3d ago

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By:News 12 Staff

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Animal advocates are demanding new legislation after a deer was shot just steps away from the facility in Hampton Bays that released it back into the wild.

Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center rehabilitates around 3,000 animals a year – including deer that head into the forest.

Ginnie Fratti, founder of the rescue center, says a couple of days into the hunting season, they heard a loud bang and found a deer they had released back into the wild in January 2022 that was shot by a hunter.

“I ran and tried to save her, and the hunter was standing right there – not even 10 feet from our building structures,” Fratti said.

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The hunter was so close because there is a hunting area right near the Evelyn Alexander Rescue Center.

Fratti has sounded the…