Julie Carrow, a photographer, took heartbreaking pictures of a deer that was covered in wart-like tumors during her visit in Pipestone, Minnesota.

Julie saw the poor deer in Pipestone last month and took images of the animal.

The pictures that Julie took showed large tumors that were on the face, neck, and stomach of the poor deer.

Julie uploaded the pictures on Facebook and said “This to me is just heartbreaking”.

Julie is a nurse who loves photography, she said the deer looked like it was okay despite being covered with tumors.

Julie said the deer “casually wandered past us” and added, “He did not appear in any distress or malnourished, though I couldn’t see his eyes.”

The images on Big Bone Outdoors, a page on Facebook, the pictures went viral and attained more than 8000 shares.

Concerned Julie got in touch with the Department of Natural Resources as she wanted to the problem the deer had.

The Department of Natural Resources said the condition is a nasty case of Deer Fibromatosis, which are wart-like growths that are found on the skin of white-tailed deer and other species of deer.

Michelle Carstenses of the Department of Natural Resources, said that this is the worst case of Deer Fibromatosis she has seen in her 15-year career.

Michelle said the vision of the deer in the picture is also affected by the tumors. The tumors are likely to affect the survival rate of the deer.

Michelle added, “It’s possible these will regress and he’ll survive this. But it’s also possible he becomes an easy prey item in the meantime.”

Julie says she hopes that this disease can get some exposure so other deer could be cured from this disease.