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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An orphan fawn is taking some wobbly steps at a rehabilitation home in central Iowa, an encouraging feat for a newborn that endured a rather unusual birth.
The fawn was born Sunday near a home in Des Moines, the lone survivor of a grisly event that killed its mother and twin when the pregnant doe became impaled on a metal fence.
A homeowner called Des Moines Animal Control to remove the carcass but didn't realize that one of the twin fawns had dropped out of its mother's torn abdomen and was still alive, though extremely weak.
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