ATHENS, Nov 6: A male red deer in a farm in central Greece killed its two Pakistani caretakers in an apparent mating frenzy when they ventured into the pen it shared with two females, Greek media said on Tuesday.

The deer fatally gored one of the men during feeding time last Wednesday, and also killed the second caretaker when he went looking for his missing colleague two days later, the reports said.

“The deer may have gone mad,” said Aristeidis Lambrou, owner of the farm outside the town of Platea, who found the bodies on Saturday. “It will be put down and examined. We don’t want it in our farm anymore,” he told Ethnos daily.

Police said they found traces of blood on the deer’s horns, and an autopsy confirmed that it had killed the Pakistanis.

The deer may have attacked the caretakers for intruding on the mating process, a veterinary expert said.—AFP