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A hunter in Ireland died on Tuesday after being attacked by an animal he was feeding Irish examiner reports. Described as a ‘famous hunter’, Gerard Withers was trampled and trampled by the deer at the Duhallow Hunt Kennels in Liscarroll. Irish Independent, noting that male deer become aggressive during the breeding season, which lasts from September to December. Deer and other animals are kept regularly with dogs, so that fox dogs become familiar with them and do not hunt them during hunting, according to the Examiner.
Withers, a married father of three young children, was found after friends worried about him when he did not return from feeding the animal. The 45-year-old does not respond. He was admitted to medical care but was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. “It happened out of the blue,” one friend told the Independent. “You can not expect something like this to happen. We are all crushed. We have lost a good man and a good hunter. ‘ (Read more animal attack stories.)