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Kindness rewarded

Epilogue of the story of a doe that crossed the Channel
The readers of the "Grand Échos" have not forgotten the fantastic story of this English doe that made headlines last February. Hunted in the county of Kent (England), she threw herself into the sea and was picked up by a fishing boat from Étables, which brought her back to this port, where her landing caused incredible incidents: customs demanded that she be killed, not being able to accept her import until dead, the gendarmerie, on the other hand, opposed the killing, because of the closure of the hunting season, the fishermen claimed her as a wreck found at sea, and the English hunting crew, by virtue of the right of pursuit
Finally, we remember, an owner of Touquet-Paris-Plage, Mr. Bozino, a garage owner in Trépied, got everyone to agree and he ensured the salvation of the doe by buying her. He still owns her today, comfortably housed in a small paddock, which he had built on his property, especially for her. To recognize Mr. Bozino's dedication to our inferior brothers, the Society for the Protection of Animals awarded him one of its highest exceptional awards this year, the prize offered by the Society for the Protection of Animals of Lyon, and a silver medal. The diploma and medal were presented to Mr. Bozino on October 5, in the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne, during the annual public session of the Society for the Protection of Animals, chaired by a minister. The speakers recalled the story of the doe, and the audience applauded the reading of the following quote from Mr. Bozino:

Bozino, a garage owner in Trépied (Paris-Plage), Pas-de-Calais, bought and took in the doe of Étables, an unfortunate beast whose tragic adventures occupied the newspapers last February, to tame it. Since then, Mr. Bozino has again saved a roe deer which, having ventured to graze in the sea grass at low tide, had been caught first by the sea, and then by fishermen who wanted to skin it. Mr. Bozino bought it back, then sold it alive to a landowner in Le Touquet, who set it free in his meadow.

For Mr. Bozino has, in fact, reoffended, since the doe affair, in the most fortunate manner.