An Ohio animal lover who rescued injured deer was killed by one of the animals in an enclosure at her home — but which buck has blood on its antlers has exploded into a raging controversy.

Jodi Proger spent the last 12 years rehabilitating whitetails on her five-acre Stewartsville, Ohio, property, about two hours south of Akron.

The grandmother was killed by a buck Nov. 15 after becoming trapped inside an enclosure with the beast, WSYX reported.

Belmont County police officers were forced to shoot the aggressive deer in order to reach Proger, who was pronounced dead on the scene from her injuries, which were not detailed.

Proger, 64, began saving deer in 2013, after she watched a doe get killed by a car on an Ohio highway — and rescued its days-old fawn, as it heartbreakingly circled i

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