A driver was left "appalled" by the way that a wounded deer was put down by firearms officers on the M5 this morning. The deer was reportedly shot by police on a motorway slip road at junction 11 in Gloucestershire today (Friday, June 10), after it had been hit by a vehicle.
According to a witness, police blocked off the junction at around 7am before a firearms officer fired his weapon five times over a period of several minutes to put down the animal. A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said that the animal was "put down in the most humane way possible".
The witness said: "I am absolutely appalled not only by the awful way this animal was treated, with one lady in another car also witnessing this being reduced to tears."
