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Woman mauled to death by family pit bull on Long Island, New York


NBC News
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:41 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Long Island woman was killed and her body found mutilated in her backyard after she was attacked by a dog that belonged to her step-son, who died just weeks ago, according to police.

After leaving for work Wednesday morning, the woman's husband returned to the home on Terrace Court in Albertson around 1 p.m. to find his 70-year-old wife mangled and mauled in the backyard, the pit bull still going at her body, police said.

The man called police, and an officer who responded to the scene shot the dog after the canine turned and charged at him. The officer was taken to the hospital, police said, traumatized after what he had seen in the yard.

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Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys

Yuri Kageyama
Associated Press
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC
Monkey Japan
© Twitter via APThis image from a video shows a monkey loitering around a home in Yamaguchi, Japan, Saturday, July 23, 2022. People in the southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.
People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.

The attacks — on 58 people since July 8 — are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt the animals with tranquilizer guns.

The monkeys aren't interested in food, so traps haven't worked. They have targeted mostly children and the elderly.
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Black Cat

Increase in leopard attacks in the Indian state of Uttarakhand - 77 people killed in 5 years

Prashant Saxena
news9live.com
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 12:10 UTC
Stock image of leopard
© Getty
Some days back, a leopard attacked and killed a bike pillion rider. A woman was mauled to death in a second incident the same day

On Tuesday (July 19), two youths — Mohd. Anas and Afsarul — were returning on their motorbike to their home in Amroha from Uttarakhand's picturesque Almora hills. On a lonely stretch, as Anas drove on gingerly, in split seconds a leopard leapt from the thicket.

It pounced on pillion rider Afsarul and thwacked him down from the bike, dragging him to some distance, killing him.

Anas told the media that he was left dumb-struck, stunned by the suddenness of the attack. He could not do anything to save his friend.

Wildlife officials described the leopard attack as a rare case.
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Attention

Elephant stabs mahout to death with its tusks in southern Thailand

Leah
The Thaiger
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:34 UTC
ELEPHANT
An elephant stabbed its mahout - or elephant trainer - to death with its tusks yesterday morning in Nahkhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand. The elephant stood watch over the man's corpse for hours, said police.

Yesterday at 10.30am, officers from Chawang Police Station received a report that a man had died after he was pierced by his own elephant's tusks. A team of police and rescue workers rushed to the scene on a hill in the forest, where they found a big elephant guarding the body of its mahout Chaichana Matchanimwong. Chaichana's body was covered in wounds, said police.

Officers said they tried to separate the elephant from the mahout's body, but there was not much they could do. The elephant stood guard over the body for hours and eventually walked away into the forest.

Police were finally able to retrieve Chaichana's body and take it to the hospital for an autopsy to be carried out. After the autopsy is complete, Chaichana's body will be taken to his relatives for religious ceremonies to take place.
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Eye 1

Crocodile attacks 2 tourists swimming at resort in Mexico

Ryan Fahey
Mirror
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:52 UTC
croc
A crocodile has left two American holidaymakers injured after mauling the pair at a popular Mexican resort.

A 24-year-old man and his friend, 30, who were on holiday in the Puerto Vallarta area, were attacked on Monday night.

Both men, thought to be from Illinois, were rushed to hospital after being attacked by the beast while in the waters off Bocanegra Beach.

It's been reported that the younger tourist was attacked first, before his pal jumped into the water to save him.

It comes almost a year after Kiana Hummel, 18, was dragged under the water by a 12-ft vicious crocodile while swimming off the coast of the same town.

As she got herself out of the water, the beast clamped down on her ankle with its powerful jaws before dragging her back under the waves.
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A man suffers 'serious injuries' after being attacked by an alligator in Florida

Zoe Sottile
CNN
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:37 UTC
ALLI
A man sustained "serious injuries to his arm" after being attacked by an alligator in Manatee County, Florida, on Wednesday.

Eric Merda, 43, of Sarasota County, was bitten by an alligator near Lake Manatee Fish Camp, according to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shared with CNN. The camp is located along Lake Manatee, an artificial reservoir on the state's western coast.

FWC, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office and Manatee County EMS all responded to the incident, according to the FWC. Merda was transported to the hospital and FWC dispatched a contracted nuisance alligator trapper to the scene.


Comment: Elderly woman falls into pond and is killed by 2 alligators in Englewood, Florida

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Hunt for wild monkey in Japan after 10 attacks in a fortnight

Justin McCurry
The Guardian
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:02 UTC
A domesticated monkey in a park in Tokyo. There have been about 40 monkey sightings in the Ogori district of Yamaguchi prefecture since May.
© Charly TriballeauA domesticated monkey in a park in Tokyo. There have been about 40 monkey sightings in the Ogori district of Yamaguchi prefecture since May.
Police in Japan are searching for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people in the space of a fortnight.

The attacks began on 8 July in the Ogori district of Yamaguchi prefecture in the country's south-west. In the most serious incident, it badly scratched an infant after invading a family home.

"I was vacuuming when I heard my child crying, so I turned around and saw the monkey had grabbed her by the legs while she was playing on the floor. It looked like it was trying to drag her outside," the baby's mother told local media.

Last weekend, the monkey opened the screen door of a first-floor apartment and scratched the leg of a four-year-old girl, leaving her with minor injuries, before attacking other people nearby, according to the Kyodo news agency.
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Doberman

Man dies trying to help neighbour attacked by own dog in Noëlville, Ontario


baytoday.ca
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:10 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
An elderly man is dead and his neighbour is in hospital after a dog attack in Noelville on July 14.

Nipissing West OPP issued a short news release July 19 with some details about the incident.

Just after 12 p.m. on July 14, OPP officers received a call for service from a residence on St. David Street in Noelville.

The OPP said the owner of a mixed breed dog was attacked by his own animal, suffering such serious injuries the person had to be airlifted to hospital in an ORNGE helicopter.

When asked for more information by Sudbury.com, OPP Const. Rob Lewis said the dog was a "pitbull-type" dog.
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Doberman

7 pit bulls maul 71-year-old to death in Fresno area of Houston

Brittany Taylor
ClickonHouston
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:56 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A 71-year-old man was mauled to death by several stray pit bulls Monday in the Fresno area, Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan announced during Tuesday's news conference.

The family identified the victim as Freddy Garcia.

The attack happened in the 4300 block of Mark Terrace Lane.

Fagan said Garcia was walking to a store when he was viciously attacked by seven pit bulls. He was flown to a hospital via Life Flight, where he was pronounced dead.

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Attention

At least five persons killed by elephants in Northern Mozambique


allAfrica
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:50 UTC
elephanys
At least five people have been killed by elephants in in the Macomia region of northern Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique in what was an unexpected attack on farmers harvesting their crop.

Two children and a lady are among the victims. According to local sources, the victims are recent residents of the village who had previously been displaced.

Others who survived the elephant attacks eventually came back to see their relatives' crumpled bodies.

Police spokesman Mário Adolfo described the attack as a situation of conflict between humans and wildlife adding that the victims were not in a protected area.

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