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Two women bitten by a dingo in separate incidents in Queensland, Australia

Robyn Wuth
7news.com.au
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:33 UTC
The incident is just the latest in a string of dingo attacks on the island.
© AAPThe incident is just the latest in a string of dingo attacks on the island.
A woman is recovering from being bitten on the thigh after collared dingoes stalked a group of adults in the lead-up to two separate attacks on Queensland's K'gari island.

The two collared dingoes were involved in the separate attacks on Thursday, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service said.

The dangerous canines approached and circled seven adults at Eli Creek just before midday.

One dingo attacked, lunging at a woman and "mouthing" her on the thigh, before a member of the group threw a stick to scare the animals off.

Within minutes, the animal stalked a second woman at Eli Creek, on the island's eastern side, approaching her from behind.
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Another great white shark washes ashore in Canada — the 4th in 9 months, experts say

Mark Price
Idaho Statesman
Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:18 UTC
The 9-foot shark found Monday was taken
© Parks CanadaThe 9-foot shark found Monday was taken for a necropsy — animal autopsy — and found to be “in good overall body condition with no evidence of significant trauma.”
Something strange is happening in waters off eastern Canada and it's killing great white sharks.

The latest incident was reported Monday, Aug. 7, and the male shark was still alive when it appeared on Greenwich Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park, according to the Marine Animal Response Society in Nova Scotia.

"Unfortunately, the animal passed," the society wrote in an Aug. 8 Facebook post. "Incidents involving endangered white sharks are usually very rare in the Maritimes (eastern provinces). However, this is the fourth animal in 9 months to have been reported ashore."

A cause remains vague.
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A blue whale washes up on a beach in Chile


euro.dayfr.com
Sun, 06 Aug 2023 11:24 UTC
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A blue whale, mammal considered the largest animal on Earth, washed up on a beach on the island of Chiloé in southern Chile after dying at sea, local authorities announced on Sunday.

Residents of the locality of Puerto Elvira, in the urban area of ​​Ancud, had reported on Saturday afternoon the discovery of this gigantic cetacean on a small beach in the archipelago, about a thousand kilometers south of the capital Santiago.

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Woman bitten by shark at Rockaway Beach, New York suffers gruesome leg injury in 'extremely rare' attack not seen since 1953

Joe Marino, Larry Celona and David Propper
New York Post
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:47 UTC
The woman sustained a gash on her leg just before 6 p.m. on Monday.
The woman sustained a gash on her leg just before 6 p.m. on Monday.
A 50-year-old woman was bitten by a shark and suffered a gruesome leg injury while swimming at Rockaway Beach Monday evening, according to officials and sources.

The woman was attacked in the water near Beach 59th Street just before 6 p.m., according to the city Parks Department, who said the incident was the first known shark bite at Rockaway Beach in recent memory.

Lifeguards raced to the injured swimmer, pulling her from the water and administering first aid before EMS arrived.

Rescuers applied a tourniquet to the woman's leg, which was bleeding profusely, sources said.

She was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical condition, officials said.

Other swimmers were ordered to get out of the water.

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Bear bites man relaxing in hammock, Colorado officials say - 3rd attack in the state this year


wtvr.com
Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:53 UTC
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© Robert F. Bukaty/AP
Wildlife officials in Colorado are searching for the bear that bit a camper who was relaxing in his hammock.

The attack happened late Saturday night at a campground near the Purgatoire River in Trinidad, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

The man reportedly left the campground and went to a motel, where an ambulance was called to transport him to a hospital.

A picture provided by CPW shows a 2-to-3-inch bite wound. Officials said the camper is expected to be OK.

"Bear attacks are rare and we take them very seriously," said Mike Brown, a CPW area wildlife manager.

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'That's not normal': Woman airlifted to hospital after rare otter attack in Montana river


ITV
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:39 UTC
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A woman was airlifted to hospital after a rare otter attack in a Montana river.

Two other women were also injured by the furry water creature, police have said.

The attack happened near the town of Cardwell on a remote stretch of the Jefferson River, a tributary of the Missouri River which is popular for fishing and recreational use.

At least one otter swam up to the group of women, who were floating on rubber rings, at around 8.15pm on Wednesday and attacked them, according to Morgan Jacobsen from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.

The trio were able to get to shore, where one of them called the emergency services, he said.

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Doberman

Dog kills owner in Tyrone Township, Michigan

Tess Ware
Livingston Daily
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:54 UTC
dog attack
The body of a 68-year-old man discovered in Tyrone Township on Wednesday, Aug. 2, had been ravaged by his dog, which had recently been involved in an attack on another local resident.

Just before noon Wednesday, deputies with Animal Control arrived at the residence on Faussett Road to serve the man a court notice regarding the dog, but instead found him dead in a cattle pasture. The dog was actively biting him when deputies arrived.

The dog, a mastiff mix breed, was killed on-site due to aggressive behavior toward the victim and deputies. Police attempted medical aid, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His injuries were consistent with a dog attack.
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Hawaii man, 71, horrifically mauled to death by pack of dogs in middle of road

Allie Griffin
New York Post
Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:49 UTC
dog attack
A Hawaii man was mauled by a pack of dogs and left bleeding to death in the middle of the road in a "horrific" attack Tuesday morning, police said.

Robert Northrop, 71, was killed when four large dogs charged at him unprovoked in the Ocean View Estates subdivision just before 9 a.m., according to the Hawaii Police Department.

A neighbor said he heard a commotion outside his Ocean View home and looked out to witness the canines attacking Northrop in the roadway. He chased the dogs away and called 911, according to cops.

Officers and paramedics found the victim lying unconscious in the middle of the street when they arrived.

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Wild boar attacks woman, teenager inside subway station in Hong Kong on July 28


South China Morning Post
Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:43 UTC
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A wild boar was caught and put down after it bit two passers-by outside a railway station in Hong Kong on Friday.

The attack took place outside the Lok King Street exit of Fo Tan MTR Station in Sha Tin district soon after 11.15am.

According to police, the wild pig attacked a 15-year-old boy and a woman.

A police spokesman said the teenager was bitten on the hand and the woman on the leg.

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Dozens of dead bats washing up on Lake Michigan beach

Sean English
WSBT 22
Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:34 UTC
Dozens of Dead bats were found washed up on beach in Michigan City
© WSBTDozens of dead bats were found washed up on beach in Michigan City
Dozens of dead bats were found this weekend at Washington Park Beach.

Many beachgoers tried to move them away from the water to protect their children.

Some people went to enjoy the nice weather, but then were shoveling up the bats from the beachfront and putting them in garbage cans.

Some washing up from shore and some were found in the sound.

WSBT tried to reach out to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for an explanation, but we have not heard back.

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