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Woman walks over a mile for help after grizzly bear attack in Alaska

Zaz Hollander
Alaska Dispatch News
Sat, 10 May 2014 21:11 UTC
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A woman mauled by a sow brown bear with two cubs while running late Sunday morning on an unpaved road on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson barely remembers the details of the attack.

The woman, who asked military officials not to identify her, remained at Alaska Native Medical Center in stable condition on Monday, a base spokeswoman said.

Bleeding from slashes on her head and arms, she nonetheless managed to walk a mile or more uphill back to the Davis Highway, where her pickup was parked, according to Mark Sledge, senior conservation officer on the base. A passing driver, a soldier, picked her up and brought her to the base hospital.

"The lady had the wherewithal, the will to survive and work her way back to her truck," Sledge said Monday afternoon.
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Cloud Lightning

Russian man drives out of his garage... into a tornado


Daily Mirror, UK
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:07 UTC
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The intense footage shows as he tries to make a hasty retreat back to the garage - which has blown away

The day started like any other for this Russian driver.

But reversing out of his garage - he never could have anticipated what would happen next.

He had driven straight out into a tornado as this gripping footage from his dashboard camera - an increasingly common instalment in Russian cars to prevent insurance fraud and police corruption - shows.

The terrifying clip plays on and the man tries to return to his garage - only to see it flattened by the sheer force of the tornado before his very eyes.

The incident happened late last month in Bashkiria, Russia and the video uploader hs clarified that while the dash cam date says it was filmed in 2012, it actually happened on August 29.

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Wolf

Wolves kill at least 2 dozen sheep in Stevens County, Washington


q13fox.com
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:13 UTC
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© Washington Department of Natural ResourcesRemote camera image of pups from another wolf pack, the Diamond Pack in Pend Oreille County, Wash., July 2009
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday it is cautioning other ranchers in Steven County to be vigilant as members of the Huckleberry wolf pack moves about their range.

Stevens County rancher Dave Dashiell, with the help of WDFW, moved his sheep away from the site where wolves killed at least two dozen of the animals in recent weeks, it said.

Working through Labor Day weekend, Dashiell rounded up his flock of 1,800 sheep and herded them to temporary holding pens five miles away, and has begun trucking them to their winter pasture in the Columbia Basin.

"The threat to one rancher's flock has passed, but there are other ranchers and other livestock in that area," Nate Pamplin, director of WDFW's wildlife program, said. "We need to make sure that the owners of those livestock operations - large and small - are aware of the pack's presence and are taking necessary precautions."

Pamplin said WDFW field staff will continue to monitor the movement of the Huckleberry pack and will contact other ranchers in the area to discuss appropriate protective measures, such as maintaining a human presence around their stock, using guard dogs, and removing animal carcasses whenever feasible.
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Wolf

Coyotes killing pets in Seal Beach, California

Harold Pierce
voiceofoc.org
Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:54 UTC
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© PatchA coyote in a suburban neighborhood. The animals have become an issue in Seal Beach.
Dave Pincek was gone for only a couple of hours when he left his dogs, Buddy and Swiffer, in the backyard of his Seal Beach home to attend his daughter's elementary school talent show.

When he came back, he heard yelping, whimpering and muffled barks. Pincek thought that one of the dogs fell into the pool.

Instead, he found two coyotes attacking his 15-year old bichon and two-year old maltipoo, which were writhing in pain and covered in blood. When the coyotes saw Pincek, they leaped over his 13-foot fence, escaping into Gum Grove Park.

"I don't want to co-exist with the coyote here in Seal Beach," Pincek told the Seal Beach City Council Aug. 11. "I want my daughters ... and my wife to walk the dog through the neighborhood and feel safe - and we don't."

Pincek's dogs are just two of almost two-dozen Seal Beach pets that have been mauled to death since 2013 as the city struggles to find a solution to a growing coyote problem.

The predator animals have become a regional issue that Seal Beach City Council members say requires a town hall meeting involving multiple cities and agencies. A date has not yet been set.

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Attention

Tourist bitten by black bear near Canmore, Alberta


cbc.ca
Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:19 UTC
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Denmark visitor was bitten by bear near Quarry Lake

A visitor from Denmark got a scare from a bear near Canmore this weekend.

The man was bird watching on the power line above Quarry Lake when a bear approached him Saturday night.

Kim Titchener works with Wild Smart, an organization that works to reduce conflicts between people and wildlife in the Bow Valley and Kananaskis Country. She says the man was surprised by the bear.

"The bear did make contact with him," Titchener said.

"He has superficial injuries. He was bit in the arm and he has some bruising, a torn jacket. but did not require hospitalization so he's doing okay."

Titchener says there is a cinnamon coloured bear with two cubs in the area and it might have been a defensive attack by the mom.

A bear trap has been set in the area.
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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - 122km SE of Modayag, Indonesia


US Geological Survey
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:19 UTC
Modayag Quake_100914
© USGS
Event Time
2014-09-10 02:46:06 UTC
2014-09-10 10:46:06 UTC+08:00 at epicenter

Location
0.143°S 125.092°E depth=20.5km (12.8mi)

Nearby Cities
122km (76mi) SE of Modayag, Indonesia
161km (100mi) S of Tondano, Indonesia
165km (103mi) S of Tomohon, Indonesia
175km (109mi) S of Bitung, Indonesia
932km (579mi) N of Dili, East Timor

Scientific Data
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Bizarro Earth

Raging monsoon floods inundate Pakistan and India: 700,000 people told to evacuate


Miami Herald
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:46 UTC
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Kashmiris hang on to a tree to prevent being swept away by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday and have put more than half a million people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states.
Raging monsoon floods sweeping across India and Pakistan have killed more than 440 people, authorities said Tuesday, warning hundreds of thousands more to be prepared to flee their homes as helicopters and boats raced to save marooned victims.

Authorities in Pakistan say the floods, which began Sept. 3, are the worst since massive flooding killed 1,700 people in 2010. Pakistan's minister for water and power, Khwaja Mohammad Asif, warned parliament that some 700,000 people have been told to leave their homes, which could be inundated in the next four days.

Pakistani and Indian troops have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims. However, the challenge of the situation grows as more than 1.5 million people are now affected as the rushing waters have destroyed the homes of thousands of families.
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Snowflake Cold

U.S. Plains could see winter-like temperatures as cold front sweeps down from Canada

Brian K. Sullivan
Bloomberg
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:00 UTC
cold front sept 2014
Cold is about to sweep into the northern U.S. Plains from Canada and drop temperatures to winter-like levels.

Readings in Calgary were forecast to drop to 27 Fahrenheit (minus 3 Celsius) later this week and snow was flying there yesterday, according to Environment Canada.

That will be a welcome change for energy traders after a mild summer, although it's just a glimpse of what may come.

While the temperatures will drop, they won't be falling too far where it counts.

Chicago, for instance, will end this week with highs in the 60s and lows in the 50s, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. New York will reach into the 80s during the day and 60s at night.

The big cities of Canada also won't see much of the cold. Overnight temperatures in Toronto and Montreal will drop into the 40s by the end of the week.

In New England, conditions like that are called "good sleeping weather."
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Attention

Animal fights back: Hunter mauled by black bear near Smoky Lake, Alberta


cbc.ca
Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:23 UTC
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© Alberta Fish and WildlifeAfter the hunter shot the bear, it struck back, mauling the man before he finally fired a fatal shot.
A 56-year-old man was attacked by a black bear while hunting for it in the Smoky Lake area Sunday night.

Wildlife officials said the man was on private property hunting when he caught sight of a 110-kilogram male black bear. The hunter first shot the bear in the chest then followed him into the bush.

That's when the bear struck back, mauling the man before he managed to pull the trigger again to fire the fatal shot.

"The bear was on top of him and with basically a hold of him," said Mike Ewald, an investigator with Alberta Fish and Wildlife. "He managed to somehow get his rifle prepared and shoot the bear while he was on him."

After the hunter killed the bear, he staggered out of the woods and his friends rushed him to a nearby farmers' home. Local emergency crews were called to the scene.
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Attention

Rick Cross, missing Kananaskis hunter, killed in bear attack, Alberta


cbc.ca
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:34 UTC
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Rick Cross was killed in a bear attack in Kananaskis west of Calgary over the weekend. (Submitted by Cross family)
RCMP say a hunter who went missing in Kananaskis on Saturday was killed when he accidentally got between a mother bear and her cub.

Rick Cross died of severe trauma from a bear attack and his body was found near his backpack. RCMP have also recovered his rifle.

RCMP say it looks like he wandered into the area where the mother and cub were feeding on a dead deer.

Although Cross was mauled, the bears left after the incident so officials believe it was a defensive attack. Conservation officers are now trying to determine what to do about the animals.

The Picklejar day use area remains closed.

A bear closure has been issued for all areas south of the Mist Ridge trail between the Mist Ridge trail and Lantern Creek north of Highway 40. The closure does not include Mist Creek trail or Mist Ridge trail.
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