Dog fatally attacks deer in Richmond Park

Alfie, a dog relentlessly savaged a red deer who had to be put down, in London’s Richmond Park,  A warning has been issued by Royal Parks Police and urging dog owners to keep dogs on leads, as cases of pets worrying deep in London’s eight royal parks have shot up during the pandemic lockdown. On Sunday a 10-year-old child was trampled and injured by a herd of deer fleeing chasing by a dog in Bushy Park.

On Friday, Franck Hirinbarne,44, from Kingston in south-west London, admitted causing or permitting an animal he was in charge of to injure another animal in relation to the Richmond Park attack. Wimbledon magistrates heard the doe suffered deep wounds, then received a broken leg when it was hit by a car as it tried to flee from the dog,  The dog owner who was fined £600, said in a statement: “ I was genuinely shocked and sorry for what had happened and since then I have refrained complexly from letting Alfie off the leash in any park. I have also taken a special dog trainer specialised in gundogs to control more accurately any of his hunting instincts. He has made great progress”. Four deeps have died from dog attacks in the Royal Parks since March 2020 while there have been 58 incidents of dogs chasing the herds – a big increase on previous years according to the manager of Richmond Park.