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Deer euthanized after dash through KCI terminal

Associated Press - May 11, 2009 2:24 PM ET

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A deer that made its way into Kansas City International Airport has been euthanized due to 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 she 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. But after they tranquilized the deer, they decided to euthanize her due to severe injuries suffered running through the terminal.

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