DON’T MESS WITH DEER

Paraguayan Soldier Fatally Attacked by President’s Pet Deer

The 42-year-old sergeant was reportedly gored by the deer’s antlers after inadvertently provoking it while on patrol.

A Paraguayan soldier has been fatally gored by a deer belonging to the nation’s president while he was on a routine patrol, the country’s military announced. The soldier, identified as Sgt. Victor Isasi, 42, suffered “piercing injuries” to his chest when the animal charged at him. “On the security camera, you can see [the sergeant] enter the sector where these animals are and he makes a movement [lifts a hand] that provokes the deer’s reaction,” military spokesman Col. Victor Urdapilleta said in a statement. The deer, which was not native to Paraguay, is one of several animals kept in the gardens of President Mario Abdo Benitez’s residence. The BBC reports the animal was a gift to the presidential palace.