Roe deer deer Bambi (the titular character of the book "Bambi, A Life in the Woods" (1923) and its sequel "Bambi's Children" (1939), by Felix Salten) is originally a roe deer. When the story was adapted into the animated feature film "Bambi" (1942), by the Walt Disney Studios, Bambi was changed to a mule deer, and accordingly, the setting was changed to a North American wilderness. These changes made Bambi a deer species more familiar to mainstream US viewers. Roe deer The European roe deer ("Capreolus capreolus"), also known as the western roe deer, "chevreuil", or simply roe deer or roe, is
Walt Disney Angeles because his brother Roy was convalescing from tuberculosis there. Disney's efforts to sell "Alice's Wonderland" were in vain until he heard from New York film distributor Margaret J. Winkler. She was losing the rights to both the "Out of the Inkwell" and "Felix the Cat" cartoons, and needed a new series. In October, they signed a contract for six "Alice" comedies, with an option for two further series of six episodes each. Disney and his brother Roy formed the Disney Brothers Studiowhich later became The Walt Disney Companyto produce the films; they persuaded Davis and her family to relocate