A beloved ' family favourite ' stag has been brutally killed in an Irish park by callous intruders who left only its decapitated corpse.

The shocking incident occurred in Co Dublin after trespassers broke into the deer enclosure during the night.

The barbaric act has sparked fury after the headless remains of the stag, which belonged to the deer herd at Newbridge Demesne, Donabate, were discovered on Thursday morning (November 27), according to Fingal County Council.

A council statement confirmed that the creature had been slaughtered overnight. The deer was part of a herd that had become a beloved family attraction in North County Dublin and councillors alongside wildlife service workers have voiced their horror at the 'callous killing.'

The Gardai are conducting an investigatio

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