Tragedy as grandma mauled to death by deer she rescued and tried to domesticate

Jodi Proger, 64, was found dead in an enclosure with one of the rescued deer she had rehabilitated for 12 years at her Stewartsville home. Police were forced to shoot the aggressive deer in order to reach her

A grandmother who dedicated her life to rescuing injured deer was tragically killed by one of the animals she loved so dearly at her home.

Jodi Proger, 64, had spent the last 12 years rehabilitating whitetail deer on her five-acre property in Stewartsville, Ohio, a small town about 130 miles east of Columbus. However, on November 15, she was killed by a buck after becoming trapped inside an enclosure with the animal .

Belmont County police were forced to shoot the aggressive deer in order to reach Proger, who was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The nature of her injuries ha