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by yellowrose of Texas on 12 November 2010 - 23:11
http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=13492856
Update: The Harrison County Sheriff's Department has released more information about Rushton's death:
Harrison County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call for assistance to FM 9 South in Waskom regarding an attack on a person by a red stag deer. The caller stated that Gerald Rushton, 67, had been trampled and gored in a pen where he was keeping the wild animal. The deceased person had kept several wild animals in pens behind his residence in an attempt to domesticate them as pets.
Along with this deer were other types of deer including Axis deer. The European red stag deer had a large rack of horns and apparently pinned Mr. Rushton against the fenced and then gored him as well as trampled him when he fell to the ground. The deer had to be shot prior to deputies and TPWD game wardens entering the pen to remove Mr. Rushton because of the aggressive nature of the animal.
He was pronounced deceased at the residence by Judge Hugh Taylor shortly after noon. Harrison County Sheriff's Office and TPWD game wardens strongly advise citizens to never attempt to domesticate any wild animal.
HARRISON COUNTY (KYTX) -- Benjamin Gerald Rushton, 67, was killed by a 500 - 600 pound deer he was keeping in a kennel in his back yard at his home south of Waskom this morning.
Harrison County Sheriff's Officers found Rushton trampled and pierced by the deer's antlers in his backyard around 10:30 Friday morning. He was deceased upon their arrival.
The deer was a European red stag deer, which is considered an exotic animal. Game wardens shot and killed the deer because they could not get in the pen to get Rushton's body out without doing so.
Deer can become very aggressive during mating season.
The incident is still under investigation. Smith County game warden Chris Green says this is the first fatal attack of its kind in this area, but that Rushton had been arrested back in 1994 for keeping white-tailed deer in his backyard, which is illegal.
http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=13492856
YR
Update: The Harrison County Sheriff's Department has released more information about Rushton's death:
Harrison County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call for assistance to FM 9 South in Waskom regarding an attack on a person by a red stag deer. The caller stated that Gerald Rushton, 67, had been trampled and gored in a pen where he was keeping the wild animal. The deceased person had kept several wild animals in pens behind his residence in an attempt to domesticate them as pets.
Along with this deer were other types of deer including Axis deer. The European red stag deer had a large rack of horns and apparently pinned Mr. Rushton against the fenced and then gored him as well as trampled him when he fell to the ground. The deer had to be shot prior to deputies and TPWD game wardens entering the pen to remove Mr. Rushton because of the aggressive nature of the animal.
He was pronounced deceased at the residence by Judge Hugh Taylor shortly after noon. Harrison County Sheriff's Office and TPWD game wardens strongly advise citizens to never attempt to domesticate any wild animal.
HARRISON COUNTY (KYTX) -- Benjamin Gerald Rushton, 67, was killed by a 500 - 600 pound deer he was keeping in a kennel in his back yard at his home south of Waskom this morning.
Harrison County Sheriff's Officers found Rushton trampled and pierced by the deer's antlers in his backyard around 10:30 Friday morning. He was deceased upon their arrival.
The deer was a European red stag deer, which is considered an exotic animal. Game wardens shot and killed the deer because they could not get in the pen to get Rushton's body out without doing so.
Deer can become very aggressive during mating season.
The incident is still under investigation. Smith County game warden Chris Green says this is the first fatal attack of its kind in this area, but that Rushton had been arrested back in 1994 for keeping white-tailed deer in his backyard, which is illegal.
http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=13492856
YR
by VonIsengard on 13 November 2010 - 00:11
This story reminds me of that reality special, "When Good Pets Go Bad". I always said they should have called it, "When Stupid People Get What's Coming To Them."
by Jenni78 on 13 November 2010 - 01:11
Kelly, LMAO!!! No kidding.
I watch "Fatal Attraction" all the time w/my bf and I always laugh at the unfunny parts, though I feel a little guilty. But c'mon people, your rattlesnake loves you and your Komodo dragon is your pal. Uh-huh.
When will people learn to give animals the respect they deserve and NEED to keep everyone safe???
I watch "Fatal Attraction" all the time w/my bf and I always laugh at the unfunny parts, though I feel a little guilty. But c'mon people, your rattlesnake loves you and your Komodo dragon is your pal. Uh-huh.
When will people learn to give animals the respect they deserve and NEED to keep everyone safe???
by gucci on 13 November 2010 - 02:11
Could they not have just shot tranquilizer instead of bullets?
by beetree on 13 November 2010 - 02:11
gucci, this is TEXAS we are talking about! We don't need no stinkin' tranquilizers! 
by gucci on 13 November 2010 - 02:11
Kansas is just as much a Bubba country...but we do have tranquilizers...
by Donald Deluxe on 13 November 2010 - 03:11
They wouldn't have used tranquilizers in Kansas either, because there was no way to tell whether the guy was dead or merely unconscious without getting inside the enclosure.
by Donald Deluxe on 13 November 2010 - 03:11
From the story:
"The deceased person had kept several wild animals in pens behind his residence in an attempt to domesticate them as pets."
I think we have to admit that he failed, and rather spectacularly.
"The deceased person had kept several wild animals in pens behind his residence in an attempt to domesticate them as pets."
I think we have to admit that he failed, and rather spectacularly.
by Don Corleone on 13 November 2010 - 03:11
Did I miss something? Did that say a "Judge" pronounced him dead? Where is this, Mayberry?
by GSDSRULE on 13 November 2010 - 05:11
My sympathy lies with the murdered deer.
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