Oh DEER! Stag charges man in London’s Richmond Park

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Oh DEER! Stag charges man in London’s Richmond Park after he ignored signs warning visitors to keep their distance and not feed the animals during rutting season

  • One picture shows a man dashing away from a set of stag’s antlers in Richmond Park, south west London
  • Another shows a group of three young children, accompanied by an adult, standing by one of the animals
  • In a statement, The Royal Parks said: ‘Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms – when visiting the Parks with native wildlife, please refrain from approaching closer than 50 metres’

By Henry Martin For Mailonline

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The Royal Parks have put out a warning after a visitor was charged by a deer after getting too close during rutting season. 

One picture shows the man dashing away from a set of stag’s antlers pointed towards him in Richmond Park, south west London.

Another shows a group of three young children, accompanied by an adult, standing by one of the animals – which visitors are not supposed to approach. 

Twitter user Charlotte Wilden posted the images online and said: ‘My friend took these pics on a long zoom lens today. 

Oh deer! One picture shows the man dashing away from a set of stag’s antlers pointed towards him in Richmond Park, south west London

Twitter user Charlotte Wilden posted the images online and said: 'My friend took these pics on a long zoom lens today'

In a statement, The Royal Parks said: 'Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms'

Twitter user Charlotte Wilden posted the images online and said: ‘My friend took these pics on a long zoom lens today’. In a statement, The Royal Parks said: ‘Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms’

Another image shows a group of three young children, accompanied by an adult, standing by one of the animals - which visitors are not supposed to approach

Another image shows a group of three young children, accompanied by an adult, standing by one of the animals – which visitors are not supposed to approach 

In a statement, The Royal Parks said: 'Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms - when visiting the Parks with native wildlife, please refrain from approaching closer than 50 metres'

In a statement, The Royal Parks said: ‘Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms – when visiting the Parks with native wildlife, please refrain from approaching closer than 50 metres’

‘People feeding the deer from their hands, then throwing food at the deer when the deer decided they’d had enough. 

‘So horrible to endanger the children in this way.’ 

In a statement, The Royal Parks said: ‘Once again, we condemn this sort of behaviour in the strongest possible terms – when visiting the Parks with native wildlife, please refrain from approaching closer than 50 metres. 

‘In addition, feeding the deer does them harm, not good.’