Deer euthanized after it was injured at Kansas City airport

Monday, May 11, 2009 | 2:03 p.m. CDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A deer that made its way into Kansas City International Airport has been euthanized because of injuries suffered in a frantic dash through a terminal.

Airport spokesman Joe McBride said the yearling doe went through automatic doors into Terminal A at 5:45 a.m. Monday. He said the deer ran about 100 yards from near the Midwest Airlines section to US Airways gates.

There, the deer ran through a line of about 50 bewildered passengers waiting at a US Airways gate, jumped over a ticket counter, onto a baggage belt and into an office. A worker was able to lock the office door.

McBride said officers from Kansas City Animal Control and the Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services were called. After they tranquilized the deer, they decided to euthanize her because of severe injuries suffered running through the terminal.

 

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Jarrod Turner May 11, 2009 | 5:26 p.m.

Sucks for the deer....sucks for the people too

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