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Police hunt gunman as rare white stag shot dead with high velocity rifle in Kent woods

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Police hunt gunman as rare white stag shot dead with high velocity rifle in Kent woods

Kent

Date of alert:

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Crime Ref:

Force:

26-0273

Kent Police

Officers from the Kent Police Rural Task Force are investigating the incident after the male deer was found dead in Cobham Woods near Gravesend - the second killing in a matter of weeks

Police are searching for a gunman after a rare white stag was shot dead with a high velocity rifle in a woodland area near Kent.

Officers from the Kent Police Rural Task Force are investigating the incident after the male deer was found dead in Cobham Woods, near Gravesend, Kent on February 26.

Police said it was the second deer found dead at the beauty spot in a matter of weeks.

The first animal was reported dead on January 20.

Both animals had sustained gunshot wounds to their face, which officers believe was caused by a high-powered rifle.

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Police hunt gunman as rare white stag shot dead with high velocity rifle in Kent woods
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