Ram believed responsible for deaths of elderly New Zealand couple

Police say the sheep was shot dead after confronting officers called to the property in Waitakere, west of Auckland

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An aggressive ram believed responsible for the deaths of an elderly New Zealand couple has been put down by police after it was found alongside the two bodies in a paddock.

The NZ Herald reported the pair, aged in their early 80s, were found dead in a field of their rural property early on Thursday morning.

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