A helicopter transports three mule deer to a field clinic where
the Division of Wildlife Resources will check their condition to determine how
they fared during the winter in Utah. The staff collect data to measure loin
thickness, rump fat and physical size to arrive at an overall score of the
proportion of body fat. The animals were captured and measured last autumn, so
the new data will reveal how well they have survived during the most difficult
time of the year
Photograph:
Natalie Behring/AFP/Getty Images
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