Overview
- Staff found the headless carcass inside the fenced enclosure at Newbridge House when they went to feed the herd on Thursday morning.
- Site workers reported cut wire and a body dragged through the fence, and they believe the head was taken as a trophy.
- An Garda Síochána and the National Parks and Wildlife Service are conducting inquiries into a suspected wildlife crime.
- Fingal County Council said the act appeared premeditated, began a review of park security, and urged witnesses to contact Gardaí or the NPWS.
- The herd numbers 16 Irish red deer, the stag was one of two and eight years old, and staff fear the animal may have been shot.