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The ‘wild cat of Woodchester' was feared to have struck again after the mutilated carcass of a second deer was found in a country field. The savaged animal was found a few miles from where the big cat is first believed to have struck in Woodchester Park near Stroud, Gloucestershire. It was found by a woman on Tuesday as she walked her dog between Whiteway and Rendcomb, near Cirencester – around 10 miles from the scene of the earlier attack.

She went home to get a camera - but by the time she returned the deer had been stripped down to its spine, and all its vital organs were missing – a similar state to the first carcass.

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Vital samples of DNA on the corpses of savaged animals could provide key clues in deciding whether or not a 'big cat' is behind the killings of two dear. The 'beast of Woodchester' is feared to have struck twice after the mutilated bodies of two deer were found in the last two weeks in countryside near Stroud, Gloucestershire.

The second animal was found stripped down to its spine and without its vital organs, but experts believe they could find big cat DNA samples from the carcass as the corpse was still fresh when discovered.

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