By Press Association 2021
Dog owner in court after attack on deer in Richmond Park
A man has been fined £600 after his dog fatally injured a deer in London’s Richmond Park.
Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after it emerged that incidents of pets worrying deer herds in the capital’s eight Royal Parks have shot up during lockdown.
Franck Hiribarne’s red setter, Alfie, was caught on camera, rushing at the small doe, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on October 1 last year.
Despite the efforts of passers-by to get between the two animals, witnesses described the attack as “relentless”, leaving the deer with deep wounds to her hind parts and tail, which was partially detached.
A dog walker has been convicted and fined £600 after his “relentless” Red Setter fatally wounded a Richmond Park deer in a prolonged attack. Franck Hiribarne, 44, from Kingston, was charged by postal requisition on 23 October 2020 to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on Friday, 15 January where he pleaded guilty and was handed a total fine of £602. Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after it emerged that incidents of pets worrying deer herds in the capital’s eight Royal Parks have shot up during lockdown. Hiribarne’s red setter, Alfie, was caught on camera, rushing at the small doe, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on October 1 last year.
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A man has been fined £600 after his dog fatally injured a deer in London’s Richmond Park.
Police are urging dog owners to keep their pets on a tight lead after it emerged that incidents of pets worrying deer herds in the capital’s eight Royal Parks have shot up during lockdown.
Franck Hiribarne’s red setter, Alfie, was caught on camera, rushing at the small doe, jumping up at her and dragging her backwards, at around 9am on October 1 last year.