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Astonishing moment it starts raining FISH as hundreds pummel town amid severe floods in Telangana, India

Antony Thrower
Mirror
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:31 UTC
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Monsoons battering areas of India caused it to suddenly rain fish on baffled villagers.

Telangana has experienced heavy rainfall in recent weeks, leading to the issuing of a red alert for 12 districts for five days as severe flooding hit millions of people.

National highways have been waterlogged, causing problems for emergency services attempting to reach deluged villages and towns.

Onlookers were shocked last weekend when they found fish were also dumped on their roads from the skies above as the rain continued down in stair-rods, apb LIVE reported.

When they went to check they found many of them were still alive and floundering for air.

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Pet pit bull mauls 82-year-old to death in Uttar Pradesh, India


The Week
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:01 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
An 82-year-old woman was mauled to death by her pet pit bull dog at her house in the Qaiserbagh area of Lucknow on Tuesday.

According to police, Sushila Tripathi (82), a retired school teacher, was on the roof of her house on Tuesday morning when her pet Pit Bull attacked her. The domestic help found her lying in a pool of blood and informed her son about it, police said.

Though the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital, doctors pronounced her dead. Her body was later sent for autopsy, police said. The woman lived with her younger son and the family had two pet dogs, including the pit bull that attacked her.
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Fish

6 meter long oarfish from the deep sea found off coast of Chile

Wonderful World
YouTube
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:31 UTC
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A giant oarfish was caught yesterday 11 07 2022 in Chile. People believe that when oarfish appears on coasts a huge earthquake is coming!! Do you believe it is true?


Comment: A day later in the same ocean: Shallow 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Easter Island region

See in addition: Dead oarfish found off Mindanao, Philippines prior to seismic activity: Can animals predict earthquakes?

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Lightning strike kills 27 cows in freak accident in Saskatchewan

Maroosha Muzaffar
The Independent (UK)
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:31 UTC
lighting strike in Canada’s Saskatchewan
A family lost 28 cattle to a lighting strike in Canada’s Saskatchewan
A family claims it lost 28 cattle to a lightning strike, said to be a "rare occurence" in Canada's southwest Saskatchewan province.

The family of farmers who owned the cattle were heartbroken and described the tragedy as "the worst thing" they have ever seen on their farm.

Farm owner Glen Briere recalled when he reached the spot, it "made me sick to my stomach to see what I had seen".

The family said the weather had become stormy on Friday and they had found the dead cattle two days later.

"It was Friday night when that storm we had had very severe lightning. The [lightning] most definitely hit the fence," Mr Briere said.
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Doberman

Toddler killed by dog bite in New Orleans

Ken Daley
ksla.com
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:33 UTC
dog attack
A 13-month-old boy died after being bitten by a dog Monday night (July 11) in the Gentilly Woods area, New Orleans police said.

The fatal animal attack was reported at 6:46 p.m. at a residence in the 5500 block of Seminary Place, the NOPD said.

Police said the victim, whose identity has not been disclosed, was taken by private vehicle for treatment at a hospital, where he later died. The NOPD did not provide details about the type of dog that inflicted the fatal injury or whether the animal had been taken by animal control personnel.

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Black Cat

Leopard mauls boy to death and drags him half a mile in Kashmir, India

Jasper King
Metro (UK)
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:41 UTC
Stock image of leopard
© Getty
A four-year-old boy has died after being dragged by a leopard half a mile into the woods.

Mehraz Azad Mir, was playing in his uncle's courtyard in Rajpora Rajwar in northern Kashmir, India, when he was attacked.

Horrified eyewitnesses say the leopard took the boy from the yard in its mouth on July 6.

The young boy was found in a critical condition and taken to hospital where he was shortly pronounced dead.

The boy suffered deep cuts and wounds to his body and face as a result of the attack.
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Attention

Bear and man kill each other after clash in rural Turkey

Robyn White
Newsweek
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:17 UTC
A stock photo shows a brown bear baring its teeth
© JNEVITT/GETTYA stock photo shows a brown bear baring its teeth. A wild bear attacked and killed a Turkish shepherd.
A bear and a man have been found dead after they killed each other in a clash in rural eastern Turkey.

Shepherd Fatih İlhan, 44, was last seen tending his goats in the Olur district of Erzurum province on June 29, the Demirören News Agency reported, as quoted by Hurriyet Daily News.

However İlhan, a father of five, failed to return to lead the animals back to the barn after hours.

When his family noticed the goats had arrived at the barn without their owner, they immediately called authorities to look for him.

İlhan's body was found mauled with large scars shortly after a search for him began, Demirören News Agency reported.

Comment: Bear attacks increasing worldwide

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Doberman

4-year-old girl dies after being bitten by dog in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police say

Catherine Marfin
The Dallas Morning News
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:08 UTC
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A 4-year-old girl died Saturday after being bitten by a dog in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police said.

Officers were called just before 8 a.m. to the 5600 block of Bluffman Drive, near Bonnie View Road, about an animal attack. Police said a dog bit the girl multiple times.

The girl was taken to a hospital, where she died. Police did not release her name.

The dog is in the custody of Dallas Animal Services, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Police did not say what the dog's breed was, or to whom it belonged.

Police said the investigation is ongoing, no other information was made available.
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Doberman

Woman is mauled to death by pit pulls she was dog sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina

Chris Harris
People
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:33 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A North Carolina grandmother was killed early Thursday morning by two pit bulls that she was dog sitting.

Relatives and neighbors have opened up to local news outlet WGHP about the tragic death of Trena Peed, 46.

According to the report, Peed was dog sitting for two pit bulls, and let the animals out of the backyard of her Greensboro home at about 2:00 a.m.

Neighbors told the family they heard Peed's cries for help soon after. Others witnessed the attack.

Peed's son was inside the home at the time of the attack, and awoke to find out his mother was dead.

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Rare Eurasian bird spotted in Michigan, first sighting in US

Emily Bingham
MLive
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:14 UTC
A Eurasian shorebird known as a common redshank was discovered in a Detroit-area marsh on July 4, 2022.
© Justin LabadieA Eurasian shorebird known as a common redshank was discovered in a Detroit-area marsh on July 4, 2022.
A Michigan birdwatcher made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery this weekend when he spotted a bird known as a common redshank in a marsh near Detroit, a few thousand miles from the bird's usual home.

Birding record keepers have confirmed the sighting as the first time the Eurasian shorebird has ever been seen in the United States.

Photographer Justin Labadie was birding Monday at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, scanning one of the 4,000-acre preserve's marshy shorelines, when he spotted a reddish-legged shorebird that looked different than the others around it. A quick Google search and a few texts to birding colleagues confirmed that Labadie could officially report the rarest sighting he'd ever made.

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