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Family dog seized after baby's death in Wales

Miranda Prynne and Claire Carter
The Telegraph, UK
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:11 UTC
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© AlamyThe family dog is an Alaskan Malamute
Baby girl Eliza-Mae Mullane from Wales was just six-days-old


A baby girl who died after a suspected attack by the family dog was just six days old and had only returned home from hospital three days before.

Eliza-Mae Mullane died at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff after emergency services were called to a home in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Mid Wales.

The tragic infant had only just returned home after spending three days in intensive care in hospital after being born last week.

A neighbour told how her frantic mother Sharon John, 42, came running to her house screaming after her daughter was found dead next to their pet dog Nisha.

Patricia Punter, 70, said: "She was in a hell of a state and couldn't stop crying. She almost fainted when she told me what had happened."
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'Out of control' dog put down after attacking owner in Inverness, Scotland


Ross-shire Journal
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:19 UTC
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A dog described by Highland police as "dangerously out of control" had to be put down after turning on its owner in an incident which forced the closure of a busy city road.

The drama unfolded in Inverness around noon today.

Police said the 51-year-old male, who has not been named, suffered injuries to both arms following the incident on Sir Walter Scott Drive.

The man was taken to hospital after the attack by his dog, whch is understood to be a mixed breed Staffordshire bull terrier/American Bulldog.

Police said the man's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. He was treated at nearby Raigmore Hospital.

In the interests of public safety, Sir Walter Scott Drive was closed for approximately 30 minutes whilst veterinary assistance was hailed.
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Baboon savagely attacks praying woman in Zimbabwe

Nunurai Jena
News Day (Zimbabwe)
Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:57 UTC
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Brandina Lipinga, a female member of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu, was last week rushed to hospital after she was savagely attacked by a lone baboon while praying in a bushy area in Kariba town.

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Caroline Washaya-Moyo confirmed the incident yesterday.

"Zimparks confirms that a woman in her late twenties was indeed attacked by a baboon while praying and she sustained a deep cut on the left arm," Washaya-Moyo said.

"The incident happened outside the parks estate. The authority visited the site and is currently holding awareness campaign programmes discouraging people from using secluded areas and to also move in groups. Investigations are continuing with the aim of isolating the baboon which attacked the woman."

Residents said Lipinga was admitted at Kariba District Hospital after the attack.
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Man gets arm 'ripped off' by his two American bulldogs in High Pittington, United Kingdom

Julian Robinson
Daily Mail, UK
Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:48 UTC
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A man is in a serious condition after being mauled in the street by his own American bulldogs (file image)
* Man mauled by his American bulldogs in High Pittington, County Durham

* Eyewitness has claimed the attack was so bad the man's arm was 'torn off'

* Bystanders tried to make the dogs stop by attacking them with golf clubs

* The 47-year-old is in a serious condition in hospital after attack last night

* One dog was destroyed by a police marksman after it was found nearby

* The other was contained at the scene and has been taken in to kennels

* American bulldog not on list of breeds banned under Dangerous Dogs Act

A dog owner screamed for help as two of his American bulldogs mauled him so badly his arm was 'torn off', an eyewitness has claimed.

Brave bystanders tried to make the dogs stop by attacking them with golf clubs and garden tools before the pets eventually ran from the scene in Pittington, County Durham.

People living nearby were terrified until one dog was shot dead by police and the other was caught. The search operation last night involved the force helicopter and armed officers.

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Black bear kills hiker near West Milford, New Jersey - fifth fatality this year in North America

Myles Ma
nj.com
Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:43 UTC
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An Edison hiker was found dead Sunday after an encounter with a bear, police said.

Darsh Patel was 22.

Patel was part of a group of five Edison men hiking through the Apshawa Preserve, a wooded area of West Milford, Police Chief Timothy C. Storbeck said in a press release. They ran in different directions when a black bear began to follow them.


Comment: The other deaths caused by bears in 2014 in north America -

Bear attacks - fourth fatality this year in North America: Bear kills hunter near Norman Wells, Canada

Bear attacks and kills 31-year-old man in Wyoming

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

Woman killed by a black bear in Fort McMurray, Alberta

By way of comparison the number of deaths in the recent past (years 2000 - 2013) seem to average out to about just two a year, going by this wikipedia list -

List of fatal bear attacks in North America

A number of fatalities has also occurred recently in Russia -

Bear attacks kill at least three people with many others injured in Siberia and far-east Russia

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Chimpanzee kidnaps and kills 2-year-old boy in Uganda

Ismael Kasooha
New Vision
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:22 UTC
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© Ismael KasoohaOne of the children that narrowly survived the chimpanzee attack in Muhorro town council. PHOTO/Ismael Kasooha
A two-year-old child has been killed by a chimpanzee, which kidnapped her in the garden in the presence of the parents.

Mujuni Semata, the son of Zabroni Semata of Kyamajaka in Muhorro town council, Kibaale district was kidnapped by chimpanzees on Sunday and died hours after his parents found him lying unconscious in the forest.

"We were in the garden burning grass after clearing the fields. As the children and their mother settled down for a late lunch, a group of chimpanzees attacked, taking the child with them," said Semata.

The bereaved mother, Omuhereza Ntegeka, 21, said: "As we shared the meal, one of the children asked for drinking water. I moved to get the water from the jerrican, about five meters away only to see the chimps emerging from the nearby bush and get hold of two children. They, however, dropped one and sped off with Mujuni."
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Wild boar fed up with being hunted - charges hunters in France

Liz Klimas
theblaze.com
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:53 UTC
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Wild boar have apparently had enough of being prey for hunters and are striking back.

At least two videos have been posted on viral media in the last couple months showing cases of boars getting their revenge.

This video, shot from a French hunter's perspective and time-stamped Jan. 4, recorded a dog barking in the background. The hunter raised his firearm and, before he can even think about firing a shot, he was run down by a speeding boar.

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TV cameraman viciously attacked by a wild boar on Japanese street

Sadie Whitelocks
Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:47 UTC
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Knocked down: Footage shows the tusked hog charging through the streets and knocking a woman over before turning its attention to the cameraman
A TV cameraman in Japan has been left on crutches after being savagely attacked by a wild boar in the street.

The terrifying incident was filmed by bystanders, who kept a safe distance from the manic animal.

Footage shows the tusked hog charging through an urban area and knocking a woman over. It then turns its attention to the cameraman.

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One dog killed after another muskox attack in Nome, Alaska

Jenn Ruckel
ktoo.org
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:17 UTC
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© Jenn Ruckel/KNOMMitch Erickson’s dog pen was smashed by a muskox this weekend, and his dog Onslo was mauled.
Yet another muskox attack over the weekend has left dog owners aggravated, while Nome residents and wildlife officials dispute who is responsible for coming up with a solution to the problem.

This time, the victim was Mitch Erickson's dog Onslo, who was tethered to a dog box at the lot Erickson shares with Diana Adams. Last week, Adams was cited for killing a muskox in Icy View.

Erickson explained how he found his dog lot. "You could see the pen was thrashed and the two dogs that were in it were loose. And I realized one was missing," said Erickson. "He was found about an hour later and we had to put him down cause he was all torn up."

This isn't the first time muskox have threatened Erickson and Adams's lot. Last year, two separate incidents left their dogs injured or worse.

"So we're two dead and one wounded," said Erickson.
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Strange animal behaviour: Muskox repeatedly charged dog despite warning shots in Wales, Alaska - other similar incidents reported

Matthew F. Smith
Alaska Dispatch News
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:23 UTC
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© Helena Oxereok Helena Oxereok said her mother collected tufts of the musk ox's underfur -- the highly-prized qiviut -- and her father has plans for the bull’s horns.The meat was shared out.
Another close encounter with a musk ox -- this time in the Northwest Alaska community of Wales -- involved an angry bull charging a tethered dog several times before the musk ox was killed.

The attack comes amid a summer of similar threats to dogs -- and people -- in and around Nome, some of which have left dogs dead and resulted in musk ox shot "in defense of life or property," or DLP.

Helena Oxereok was using a four-wheeler to haul water with her sister's boyfriend on Aug. 16 when she saw the shaggy bull come from behind her house in Wales, about 110 miles northwest of Nome. Despite neighbors and family members yelling and revving their four-wheelers to scare the animal away, she said, the bull ignored them until it saw her dog Sam.

"And then it started chasing my dog around its house -- maybe six times my dog had to run away," Oxereok said Thursday in a phone interview.

"At one point, it got to where my dog was being pushed but not really hurt, pushed by the musk ox's head, and I'm glad the chain didn't get caught on his horns, otherwise he would have been in big trouble."


Oxereok said her brother Randy grabbed his SKS rifle and shot several warning shots in the air, but the musk ox was unfazed.
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