"The animals were monitored for an hour before ... the sexual behaviour of the male macaque towards the female deer did not seem to be one of sexual harassment or coercion," the study says.

The idea to expand rifle hunting permits to include female and antlerless deer is one of several proposed changes that will be discussed at public meetings around Vermont.

The statement went on to note that an employee of the game commission went to investigate the report and spotted the deer wearing a dog collar. The deer had also been "castrated and altered to ...

Game wardens had received a call earlier that day about a white-tailed deer buck with a dog collar and ear tags in Bullskin Township and a woman, later identified as Shiery, trying to escort the ...