England
wiped out their bears long ago. Being an
island far away from Texas, Florida and Australia, they don’t seem to have a
feral hog problem. Not one worth noting
in the news lately. That, or the hogs
are drinking their beer in peace and keeping to themselves in the countryside and
not attacking anyone.
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| Kate Stone, victim of deer attack |
Deer,
that’s another story. Apparently, deer
have stepped into the void left by the lack of feral hog, bear and even turkey attacks (link) that take place on the
other side of the Atlantic. The Metro UK
has reported that Kate Stone is in intensive care after suffering severe neck
and spine injuries when a panicked stag attacked.
She
wasn’t hunting. She was apparently standing outside a bead and breakfast where
she and a group of friends were staying in the highlands. The deer attacked and gored her ferociously.
The
owner of the bed and breakfast tried to explain (and perhaps reclaim all the
business lost from people who don’t feel like being gored near to death by deer
on their vacations). As quoted in Metro:
Gary
Burton, the owner of the nearby Mo-Dhachaidh B&B where the group was
staying, said: ‘I think what happened was that the stag panicked. It was
trapped in a fenced garden having got through a gate. I don’t think there was
anywhere else to go and it charged out of the gate.
‘It’s
very bizarre and very horrific.’
He
added: ‘This is a one-in-a-million event which has shocked the whole community.
We are at one with nature in Lochailort, and we have deer all around us.’
While you may be ‘at one’ with
nature, Gary, nature is not at one with you.
Nature is clearly fighting back. And
they have sharp antlers. UK readers
beware, the deer are on the attack.
Story: Metro
UK, Picture Metro UK, via Facebook.
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