Nature, red in tooth and claw

We were awoken about 6am this morning when our cat Cleo was growling and howling, protecting her territory against something on the outside of the patio doors.  I got up and turned lights on by which time whatever it was had long gone.

However, when I went out about 10 , I saw something, a bundle, just past the entrance to the veg patch.  Upon inspection it was the carcase of a young deer.

Who can tell what exactly has done this but if it was a predator then it could easily take a cat.  Whether the fawn was weak, ill, already dead, or whether it really was a dog, a fox or, as Sue instantly said, a panther(!!!) will have to remain a mystery.