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Lincolnshire farm worker dies following cow attack


Grimsby Telegraph
Wed, 14 May 2014 12:57 UTC
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An East Lindsey farm worker has died after being attacked by a cow.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the incident, which took place at a Wragby farm on Easter Sunday, April 21.

60-year-old stockman John Turner is said to have been seriously injured in an attack by a cow at Kilmister Farm.

Mr Turner was taken by air ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary, but later died.

Wragby-based HR Bourn & Sons Ltd, which owns the farm, confirmed that it was co-operating with the HSE investigation into the incident.

A statement from the company said: "John Turner tragically died in hospital after being attacked by a cow at Kilmister Farm in Wragby on April 21.
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Cow

Cow kills farm worker in Cherryville, Canada


cbc.ca
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:08 UTC
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The man killed in a cow attack on a B.C. farm on Canada Day has been identified by the B.C. Coroners Service as 49-year-old Allen Donald Powder.

Powder, who called Yellowknife, N.W.T., home, came to the Okanagan to work every summer. He was working on a farm in Cherryville, B.C., the morning of July 1. Cherryville, which is at the foothills of the Monashee Mountains, is roughly 55 kilometres east of Vernon in B.C.'s North Okanagan.

According to a statement released by the coroner, Powder and another farm worker were moving cattle from one corral to another when the cow attacked. "One of the cows became very agitated and aggressive and they were having trouble controlling the cow," said B.C. Coroners Service spokesperson Barb McLintock.
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Newspaper

Lima climate change summit: Troubled climate talks scrabble for exit strategy


Raw Story
Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:38 UTC
peoples climate march
© Unknown
Negotiations on forging a UN pact to fight climate change headed into an unscheduled 13th day on Saturday in a frantic quest to bridge a rift between rich and poor countries.

Ministers and senior officials from 195 states were to examine a compromise for calming a bustup over who bears responsibility for fighting climate change.

The talks in Lima had been scheduled to end at 6:00 pm (2300 GMT) Friday, but ran into the pre-dawn as countries horse-traded over elements of a draft text.

Comment: Climate change is real, but the theory that "gas emissions are responsible" is full of holes.

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Cow

Farmer attacked and killed by cattle in Northern Ireland


BBC
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:13 UTC
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A 71-year-old man has died after he was attacked by cattle in County Fermanagh.

Robert Brown was killed at his farm at Knockmanoul, near Ballinamallard.

It is believed that it happened on Saturday night as he was preparing cows for a routine TB test.

He was found in his cattle yard by a neighbour after a family member could not get in touch with him. The Health and Safety Inspectorate is carrying out an investigation.

Ulster Unionist MLA Tom Elliott knew Mr Brown and said it was an extremely sad day for the community.
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Cow

Ranch hand hospitalized after cow attack in Cuyama Valley, California


calcoastnews.com
Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:58 UTC
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A 65-year-old ranch hand is in the hospital after a cow attacked him during a branding operation at a ranch on Wednesday in the Cuyama Valley.

Shortly after 10 a.m., the cow charged the man and pinned him against a corral causing chest and upper body injuries. Firefighters responded to the ranch near the intersection of Highway 166 and Cottonwood Canyon Road to find the man having difficulty breathing.

Emergency medical personnel then transported the man in a medical helicopter to the trauma unit at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara.
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Black Cat

Dog survives cougar attack in Penticton, Canada

Deborah Pfeiffer
castanet.net
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:16 UTC
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© Deborah Pfeiffer
Jazz, a Border Collie cross, survived a cougar attack
A Penticton couple is grateful their dog is on the mend after it was attacked by a cougar outside their home this week.

Jazz, a Border Collie cross, suffered injuries ranging from puncture wounds to his head and scratches following the encounter with the large animal, Wednesday.

"It was a scary experience, and we are just glad the dog is OK," said Marylin Barnay.

According to Barnay, a vineyard owner on Upper Bench Road, her husband let Jazz out around 7:20 a.m. When she went to call him in, she saw him do an about turn and go behind the hedge.

Then, all of a sudden, he was back, with a large animal following him.

"It immediately put its mouth around our dog's head, and I could tell it was a cougar right away," she said. "I started screaming it's a cougar, and it's going to kill our dog. It was awful to see."
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Bizarro Earth

Landslides destroy village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people

Michael Taylor and Chris Nusatya
Reuters
Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:46 UTC
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© REUTERS/Idhad Zakaria/Antara Foto
Indonesian soldiers and rescue team members lift a cattle trapped in the mud after a landslide hit the village of Sampang in Banjarnegara, December 13, 2014
A landslide destroyed a remote village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people, an official said on Saturday, as rescuers used their bare hands and sticks to search through the mud for scores of missing in the absence of heavy-lifting equipment.

Hundreds have been evacuated from around Jemblung village in the Banjarnegara regency of central Java, about 450 km (280 miles) from the capital, Jakarta, where media pictures showed a flood of orange mud and water cascading down a wooded mountainside after Friday's disaster.

Mudslides are common in Indonesia during the monsoon season, which usually runs from October until April. Large swathes of forest land, power lines and houses were buried.

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Health

Monkey attack terror: Tears testicle off baby, eats it

Lee Moran
New York Daily News
Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:21 UTC
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A horrific zoo attack saw a monkey rip off a small boy's testicle, run off and eat it.

The eight-month-old was reportedly having his dirty diaper changed by his mom at Guiyang Qianling Wildlife Park, in south west China, when the animal attacked.

State media reports that the monkey pounced on the youngster and hacked off a chunk of his genitals.

It dropped the flesh on the ground, allowing an elderly passerby to pick it up.

But the aggressive ape quickly snatched it back, bounded off and ate it before he could be caught.

The boy was rushed to hospital. He received treatment and his condition is described as "not life-threatening."

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Cloud Precipitation

California storm drops 3 inches of rain in an hour

Richard Davies
floodlist.com
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:29 UTC
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© Randee Deason
Hwy 37-W near Novato, the connector to Hwy 101 North and South shutdown by flooded roadway
The storm dubbed the Pineapple Express by some media outlets hit wide areas of northern and central California yesterday, 11 December 2014.

US National Weather Service (NWS) say that 2.91 inches (73 mm) of rain was recorded in just one hour on the Big Sur coast yesterday. During the 24 hours of 11 December, 3.55 inches (90 mm) of rain fell in the San Francisco Bay Area. For San Francisco, it was the second wettest 11 December on record:
@NWSBayArea

#SF calendar day rainfall Dec 11th was 3.40" & now 2nd wettest daily total ever for the 11th. Dec 11th '95 daily record 3.61" holds. #CAwx


Comment:

Similar to Sao Paulo, Brazil, California had been suffering from extreme drought. In both, cases extreme rains have arrived within the past week causing severe flooding. These changes in weather seems to be indicative of worldwide weather swings that will in all likelihood continue to become more extreme in the future.

Brazil drought crisis deepens in Sao Paulo and other areas

Extreme flooding in Sao Paulo, Brazil

New study finds California drought worst in 1,200 years

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Cloud Lightning

Dead geese drop out of the sky in Denmark during lightning storm

Aeneas Georg
Sott.net
Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:45 UTC
Thursday night a farmer in southern Denmark had an unusual experience, though these events in recent years are happening on a frequent basis. During a storm he suddenly saw something come through the air as reported by Jyllandsposten:
Dead geese in Denmark
© Brian Rostgaard Andersen
Farm manager Frank Berndt (left) og farmer Peter Rostgaard Andersen with some of the dead geese, that yesterday rained down on the farm
The second after a big crash, followed by several more crashing sounds. After a few sesonds he had counted 10 crashing noises.

"I thought it was roof tiles, that had blown off during the storm, but when it cleared up and we went outside, we saw that it was barnacle geese. Dead barnacle geese," says Brian Rostgaard Andersen.

The farmer and his manager Frank Berndt, found within a diameter of 150 to 200 meter 24 dead barnacle geese. Some of them were lying on the roof of the farm and some of them had penetrated the roof tiles.

Comment: See also:

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