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© Thinkstock Sea lion pup.
"They're extremely emaciated, basically starving to death," Shawn Johnson of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California told National Geographic.
Since the start of the year, almost 500 pups have been admitted to the state's rehabilitation centers, with the Sausalito facility handling 171 cases so far. Last year, it took until April for the center to hit the 100-case mark.
Officials said they are particularly concerned because they've yet to hit the peak stranding season, which is traditionally a few months away.
"We're all kind of holding our breath," said Justin Viezbicke, stranding network coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
© Surprise Police DepartmentA sinkhole in Surprise injured two when their car fell into it Friday afternoon, according to officials.
The sinkhole on 163rd Avenue about a 1/2 mile north of Grand Avenue was about as wide as a lane of traffic. Attempts to repair the damage were underway Friday afternoon.
Two people received minor injuries when the vehicle they were in entered the sinkhole, according to a Surprise Fire Department official. The pair were taken to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City for treatment.
Traffic was initially moving through the area with restrictions. Officials closed 163rd Avenue overnight and the road was expected to be off limits to traffic at least through this morning.
It wasn't clear when repairs would be complete and the road restrictions would be cleared.
© THV11Wildfire threatens Rush Historic District of Buffalo National River
According to the Arkansas Forestry Commission, those wildfires burned across 492 acres.
Air tankers dropped water on fires in Hot Spring and Clark Counties.
The wildfire danger remains moderate for most of Arkansas and low risk on the northeast side of the state.
There are currently no active burn bans.
© AFPScientists are unclear why pilot whales strand themselves in large groups
The whales beached themselves on Friday at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of the South Island, with dozens of rescuers racing to re-float the marine mammals on the evening high tide.
But Department of Conservation (DOC) spokesman Andrew Lamason said the whales had swam aground again overnight after being shepherded out to deep water.
Wild boar
The incident occurred yesterday in Hatabanapur village when the farm labourers were engaged in rabi crop cultivation, he said.
The village where the incident took place is away from forest areas and animals had not strayed into it in the past.
As the people tried to chase away the animal it turned violent and attacked the farm workers, said Divisional Forest Officer, Cuttack Territorial Forest Division, Sudarshan Behera.
Elephant kills farmer
The victim was identified as Panchalingaiah, son of Sanjeevaiah.
On Monday night, Roopa, Panchalingaiah's daughter, went to the field to give him tea. She was shocked to find her father's body lying 200 feet away. She then returned to the village to inform her family about the incident.
It is said Panchalingaiah was sleeping in the ragi field, when the elephant came there in search of food and started eating the ragi crop.
© Satish Hanumantha Rao Charging elephant.
A PTI report, however, put the death toll at two. Quoting Divisional Forest Officer Sunita Ghatak, it said one of the injured persons died on the way to hospital. "Bipin Roy (55) died on the spot at Barothalia when the elephant coming from Khuttimari forest lifted him and threw him on the ground. Two others who came to his rescue were also attacked by the elephant," she said. The elephant also killed five goats when being chased into the jungle by the locals, officials said.
Hunter Mastaler, 4, lost part of his leg after getting attacked by his dad’s police dog
Hunter Mastaler remained hospitalized four days after the Belgian shepherd dog clamped onto his left leg in the backyard of the family's Hesperia home.
Neighbors knocked over a fence and pried the dog's jaws open to free the boy.
Hunter will remain hospitalized for another week, Rialto police Capt. Randy De Anda said. With a prosthetic he could be able to run again within six months, he said.
Comment: This is the tenth such report featuring dog attacks on family members found since the turn of the year, scroll through our dedicated animals page to read about the others.
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- 2015-02-13 20:06:31 (UTC)
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- 30km (19mi) ESE of Taitung City, Taiwan
- 99km (62mi) NE of Hengchun, Taiwan
- 111km (69mi) ESE of Yujing, Taiwan
- 113km (70mi) E of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 747km (464mi) E of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Comment: See also: Sick sea lions wash ashore at alarming rate, California
650 emaciated sea lion pups wash up on the California coast over last 2 months