Pet deer kills man in rural Australia

A man has been killed and his wife was critically injured when they were attacked by their pet deer on a rural Australian property.

Police said the 46-yearold man entered the stag’s enclosure in the morning at Moyhu in Victoria state.

Sergeant Paul Pursell said: “His wife and son heard the commotion and went out to see what was going on. His wife entered the enclosure to assist her husband and she was also attacked.”

Police shot the deer before a paramedic treated the couple.

The stag was a cross between a red deer and an elk, Sgt Pursell said.