Grisly mystery after dead roe deer discovered in Coatbridge woodlands

ONE of the animals was found hanging from a tree in Shawhead while the other lay in a Carnbroe field with horrific injuries.

A PAIR of mutilated roe deer have been discovered in Monklands with horrific, graphic injuries.

One of the tragic animals was found in woodland near Shawhead a few weeks ago and the other in a field in the Carnbroe area on Monday.

Both grisly discoveries were spotted by the same, sickened Shawhead man while out enjoying an afternoon stroll.

Speaking about his first gruesome find the man, who asked not to be named, told the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser: “I was just out for a walk in the woodland when I noticed some human footsteps in the snow and a lot of blood.

“At first I thought a person had been attacked – there were marks in the snow as if something had been dragged along the ground.

“I was totally shocked when I saw the deer up the tree – it’s such a cruel thing to do. It doesn’t really make any sense because if it had been hunted then surely they would’ve taken it away with them.

“The injuries were really horrible. Its throat had been cut, there was blood everywhere and its stomach was down on the ground.

“It must’ve been cut right open. It’s really terrible what some people do.

“Why it had been put all the way up the tree I just do not know.

“I called the community police and they came back out the following evening to take the deer down from the tree and I went along to help them.”

And earlier this week, the same man spotted another dead deer. He explained: “I was out walking with my metal detector, it was around quarter to five in the afternoon when I found it lying lifeless in a field.

“It had been viciously attacked – there were quite clear puncture marks in its neck and its head had been totally twisted around the wrong way – it was awful to see.

“It looked as though a dog had maybe gotten to it but I just wonder why the body was left like that. It was a really shocking sight.

“That’s two I’ve found recently and it’s important that people in the community know this is happening.

“I remember a few years back there were a lot of deer being killed in this area and I hope this isn’t something similar.”

In February, two foxes were found hanged and battered after suffering violent deaths at a Lanarkshire nature reserve.