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Kangaroo attacks two-year-old baby girl in Point Vernon, Australia

Stephen Jones
Daily Mirror
Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:40 UTC
A child has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a kangaroo
© Getty A child has been rushed to hospital after being attacked by a kangaroo
A kangaroo has attacked a two-year-old baby girl in the garden of a Queensland home in Australia - leaving the young tot with face and chest injuries.

Terrified neighbours rushed to the aid of the child after hearing screams as the wild animal bore down on her.

Witness Renee Harris explained: "I ran out and saw the young toddler on the ground with the kangaroo on top.

"I ran across the road and the mum ran over, everyone was screaming.

"It came for me. I was just so scared."

The child was grabbed by her mother before emergency services were called.

Another witness took to Facebook to say the young girl's mum was also lucky not to have been hospitalised.
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Attention

Wombat attack leaves woman with horrific bite in Canberra, Australia

Richard Ashmore
Daily Mirror
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:29 UTC
Wombats are small marsupials with stumpy legs who are not known to be vicious
© GettyWombats are small marsupials with stumpy legs who are not known to be vicious
A woman has been hospitalised with more than 20 bites after she was viciously attacked by a WOMBAT.

Kerry Evans was out walking with her dogs on a home-lined street when she saw what looked like a rock in a garden.

The 58-year-old said that, as she and her two English springer spaniels Murphy and Pirate got closer to the object in Canberra, Australia, she realised it was wombat - a badger-sized furry marsupial.

Public servant Kerry was stunned when the animal suddenly turned on her and her dogs, charging them and biting Murphy.

Kerry fell to the ground tripping over the dog leads - and that's when the animal turned on her, launching a sustained attack as the terrified dogs tried to get out of the way.

The attack, at about 7.30pm last Monday, only stopped when two samaritans came to Kerry's aid and she was able to get to her feet and escape.
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Attention

Walker finds dead minke whale in Cotes-d'Armor, France


The Connexion
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:56 UTC
Minke whale
A walker made a grisly discovery during a Sunday-morning stroll along the seafront at l'Ile Grande à Pleumeur-Bodou, Côtes-d'Armor - the decomposing body of a 7m whale.

A security cordon has been placed around the animal, identified as a minke whale which is thought to have been dead for at least a week, while experts work to establish the cause of death and remove the body.

It is thought the body that washed up on the Côtes-d'Armor shore was that of a dead whale that was spotted in the sea off the coast of the Île de Batz, near Roscoff. Experts say sea currents could have brought the body

Minke whales are a regular sight in the Channel, but they are more usually seen out in the Atlantic
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Attention

Brown bear mauls 2 guides near Sitka, Alaska


komonews.com
Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:50 UTC
Grizzly bear
Grizzly bear
Alaska State Troopers say a brown bear that mauled two wilderness guides who were leading cruise ship passengers on a hiking excursion went on the attack after the group came between the female animal and her cub.

The guides injured Thursday are crew members of the 74-passenger cruise vessel Wilderness Explorer who were leading 22 people on a hike about 30 miles north of Sitka in southeast Alaska.

A statement from the troopers say two guides "were conducting a guided nature hike for several tourists when they were confronted by a sow and cub brown bear and ultimately mauled. One of the victims did deploy pepper spray and the bears eventually departed the area."

Spokeswoman Sarah Scoltock with vessel operator UnCruise Adventures of Seattle says no one else was injured and she doesn't know if anyone witnessed the mauling on the Sitkoh Creek Trail.
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Black Cat

Lions maul to death child at sanctuary in Johannesburg, South Africa

Vittorio Hernandez
International Business Times
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:52 UTC
Otavi is not a lion park and a breeding place for lions since it only has one sexually mature pair, but has four different predators and 11 different game species
© Otavi Lion Park/Karien Otavi is not a lion park and a breeding place for lions since it only has one sexually mature pair, but has four different predators and 11 different game species
Barely a month after a tiger attacked and killed a woman at a Beijing wildlife park, another incident involving big cats occurred. This time the animal attack took place at the Otavi Lion Sanctuary in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Eyewitness News reports the incident happened on Thursday, but the incident places in question the fitness of operators of the Otavi Lion Sanctuary near Parys. It's because the victim, the child of a farmworker, entered the lion enclosure with one of the park's workers. The child lived with his guardian, the farm supervisor of the sanctuary, according to Timeslive.

Four Paws, an animal welfare foundation, notes that Otavi's claims to be a not-for-profit organisation based on its Facebook page. It points out that sanctuaries should not breed, trade or hunt wild animals.

However, "Otavi openly offers captive bred lions for sale online. A true sanctuary will not sell cubs, as all the animals should be sterilised to prevent breeding," Four Paws claims. It also pushes for no interaction between the animals, park staff and the general public, plus there must be safety measures.

Comment: See also: Woman gets out of car at Chinese Wildlife Park and is mauled to death by tiger

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Wolf

Man killed by dogs in Jacksonville, Florida

Cole Heath
kiro7.com
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:43 UTC
Owner releases photo of all 4 dogs seized after deadly attack
Owner releases photo of all 4 dogs seized after deadly attack
Four dogs were removed from a Florida home Friday night after police said a man died as the result of an animal attack.

Investigators said the dogs may have left their yard and dragged the victim back in but the dogs' owner is defending his pets.

"My dogs ain't no vicious dogs," Lephus Felton said, adding that he believes his dogs were provoked. "They're vicious to protect this yard. ... My dog is trained to protect this yard I have signs, beware of dog signs, all over."
Owner releases photo of all 4 dogs seized after deadly attack. pic.twitter.com/KBE6HqZUVh — Cole Heath (@ColeANjax) August 19, 2016
The deadly attack took place Friday afternoon in Felton's backyard on the 1100 block of Jessie Street. Felton found the killed man, who has not been publicly identified except to say he was in his 60s, along his home's back fence.
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Wolf

Woman killed by pack of stray dogs in Kerala, India

Jisha S
The Times of India
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:28 UTC
Stray dogs
In a shocking case, a 65-year-old woman was killed by a pack of stray dogs at Pulluvila beach on Friday night. According to police, Siluvamma, wife of Chinnappan, was attacked by around 15 dogs. She died on way to hospital.

Due to lack of toilet in home, Siluvamma went to the beach side for urination at around 8 pm when the incident happened. Hearing her cries, Siluvamma's son Selvaraj came and tried to rescue her. However, he too was attacked by the stray dogs. Selvaraj escaped unhurt by jumping into the sea. Hearing the cries of Selvaraj, neighbors came and rescued Silvamma. However, she sustained serious injuries by then.

People in the locality said that stray dog attacks are common, but a gruesome incident like this happened for the first time.

Silvuamma's body is kept at Govt Taluk Hospital, Neyyatinkara.
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Horse

Elvis has left the sinkhole: 20 foot deep sinkhole opens up and swallows miniature horse named Elvis in Garrard County, Kentucky


Lex18
Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:01 UTC
miniature horse sinkhole
© NBCDFW
A miniature horse who was missing for 10 days is back in his stable tonight.

Elvis, a family favorite, was found 20 feet down a sinkhole on his owner's property in Garrard County.

"And we brought him back from the dead. He's alive, healthy and doing great," said Robin Snowden, the property owner.

The Snowdens thought Elvis had run away, or was lost in the woods.

They had no idea he was still on the property until a worker noticed a large sinkhole, with Elvis at the bottom.
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Smiley

Copycat parrot imitates and intimidates kittens


Sputnik
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:36 UTC
Parrot
Don't you dare ruffle my feathers!
The parrot mimics the cat's meow, and has no more fear of the feline.

Look how it intimidates those kitties.

They know who is boss!

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Fish

'Unprecedented': Deadly parasite kills thousands of fish and prompts Yellowstone river closure


RT
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:23 UTC
Yellowstone river fish kill
© Montana FWP / Twitter
Nearly 200 miles of a popular Yellowstone river is closed to the public, as thousands of fish have gone belly up in an "unprecedented" way. Officials in Montana suspect the cause is a human-spread parasitic disease.

Fishing, rafting, swimming and other water-based recreational activities were banned for an undetermined amount of time as of Friday morning. The immediate closure is stretching from Yellowstone National Park's northern boundary at Gardiner to the Highway 212 Bridge in Laurel, the area surrounding the affected zone.

Officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) say the 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River would not reopen until fish stop dying. As of Friday morning, up to 4,000 fish have been counted, but a real number is believed to be in the tens of thousands. The fish kill has extended for nearly 100 miles, the FWP said.

"This kill is unprecedented in magnitude. We haven't seen something like this in Montana," FWP spokeswoman Andrea Jones said.
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