US man fined for keeping deer in home

A New York man has been fined for keeping a wild deer on the second floor of his home.

State department of environmental conservation officer Jerry Kinney said his office received a complaint that a neighbour was harbouring a wild animal in his Jamestown house.

The man told officers he believed it was legal to keep the whitetail deer fawn in his house for up to six weeks before he had to release it. Officers told him this was not true and fined him for illegal possession of protected wildlife.

The deer was in good health and was released back into the wild.