A member of the public was attacked by a Sika deer stag on a Saturday evening in October.
It appears that she was walking along one of our reserve paths on her own when the deer suddenly charged her. She received puncture wounds and bruising. She had to call her husband to come and collect her and take her to the A&E. At the time it appeared quite a serious incident, which potentially could have been fatal. Local press covered it and in an article the lady described how she was approaching the stag to get a photograph.
There was a suggestion from some staff that we erect signs warning of the dangers of wild deer in the rutting season, but I suspect my Scottish colleagues would find that somewhat impossible! The incident was in Dorset, where perhaps there is less understanding of deer as wild animals in the countryside.
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Unprovoked deer attack - warnings needed? |
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