{"id":675806,"date":"2026-05-31T10:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675806\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:11:14","slug":"fawn-intentionally-hit-near-moorman-park-euthanized-due-to-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675806\/","title":{"rendered":"Fawn intentionally hit near Moorman park, euthanized due to injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">QUINCY (WGEM) &#8211; A fawn was intentionally hit by a car Thursday night near Moorman park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">According to the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office, officers responded to the park on Friday morning for an injured fawn laying in the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Deputies said the fawn had a broken leg and a few minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">The Adams County Animal Warden responded to the scene and transported it to a local veterinarian where it was later euthanized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">While deputies were on scene, a witness informed them a white sedan driven by a teen was leaving Moorman park and intentionally hit the fawn as it was following its mother while they crossed the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">The Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office wants to remind residents that it is illegal to intentionally harm wildlife in Illinois. It can result in fines, criminal charges, and loss of hunting\/fishing rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Anyone with information on the incident should contact the sheriff\u2019s department at 217-277-2200<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WGEM. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUINCY (WGEM) &#8211; A fawn was intentionally hit by a car Thursday night near Moorman park. According to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[230000,20607,294764,79,201],"class_list":["post-675806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-adams-county-sheriffs-office","tag-fawn","tag-moorman-park","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}