We’ve had a report on facebook from someone who has seen a young stag in Froggatt Woods with rope (polyprop or electric fencing type) wrapped around its antlers and under its chin (photo attached).
We’re asking anyone in the area to keep an eye out for it and send up further reports and photos so that we can ascertain if it is suffering. If it can survive until the spring when the antlers drop it may be ok, but if the rope under its chin is tight then we’ll take action. I’d appreciate it is anyone with contacts in the villages (Froggatt and Curbar especially) could spread the word and ask people to report to us so we can collate sightings.
Louise Baddeley
Community Involvement Ranger
Eastern Moors Partnership
Barbrook Cottage
Baslow Road
Nr Owler bar
Sheffield
S17 3BQ
Mobile: 07598 559931
Office landline: 0114 289 1543