Vicious bite: Chinese water deer males fight with tusks that grow up to 3in long. Local vet John Wakely tended to Perdita after the attack.

The Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis) are descendants of a small herd brought over from China in the 1890s by Herbrand Russell, the 11th Duke of Bedford.They are recognisable by their ...

Chinese water deer have a set of fang-like tusks in their mouths, which gives them the vampire name. They usually grow to around half a metre tall at the shoulder, and fully grown bucks weigh ...