A deer has been shot dead by police after it was spotted roaming in a school’s grounds.
South Yorkshire Police said they were called to reports the “stag was posing a danger to pupils, staff, and other members of the public” near Greenhill Primary School in Sheffield on Monday morning.
Officers were advised by a deer manager and specialist vet that a tranquiliser could not be used to sedate the animal as it would not take effect immediately.
Although the deer had moved on from the school, due to the “ongoing danger” a decision was taken to “humanely dispatch the animal out of view of the public”.
