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Monkey snatches and kills month-old baby as the boy's mother was breastfeeding him: Child taken after animal broke into home in Tanzania

Adam Solomons
Daily Mail
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:22 UTC
The olive baboon is one of the monkey species found in Gombe National Park
The olive baboon is one of the monkey species found in Gombe National Park
A month-old baby was killed by a monkey after it broke into his family's home in a Tanzania village and snatched him away.

Luhaiba Said was being breastfed by his mother Shayima in Mwamgongo, western Tanzania.

A gang of monkeys invaded the property and grabbed the boy.

He was injured on his head and neck and passed away during emergency medical treatment.

Regional commander James Manyama said villagers tried to use force in an attempt to rescue Luhaiba from their grasp.
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Swimmer seriously injured by shark off central California coast


The Guardian
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:09 UTC
Great white shark
A swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack on the central California coast on Wednesday, police said.

The attack occurred midmorning at Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove, a community along the Monterey Bay coastline, about 85 miles (137km) south of San Francisco.

The Pacific Grove police department said in a statement that the swimmer, a man, suffered "significant injuries from the shark bite", and was taken to the hospital. The Los Angeles Times reported that the man was a surfer who had significant injuries to his leg and stomach.

The victim's identity was not immediately released.

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Two killed by elephant herd in Odisha, India


New Indian Express
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:24 UTC
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Villagers in Bangiriposi range under Baripada territorial division in Mayurbhanj district are in a state of panic after two persons were killed by a herd of elephants on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as Fulamani Munda (72) and Budhia Munda (38) of Digarisole village.

Divisional Forest Officer of Baripada Territorial division, Santosh Kumar Joshi said a herd of elephants from Jharkhand went to the house of the woman and pushed a portion of the wall that fell on her and killed her when she was asleep. Munda was attacked by the herd when he was on way home from the local market.

Initially the forest department had provided ' 40000 compensation to the family of the deceased and the rest will be provided after submitting documents though Anukampa App, he added.
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Elephant in India kills woman, then returns to trample her corpse at her funeral

Deron Dalton
Pennlive.com
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:08 UTC
elephant
An elephant attacked a 70-year-old woman in India, killing her, local police said. Though, the elephant did not stop there. The enormous animal made its return, but this time to her funeral, trampling her corpse.

According to Newsweek, the elephant escaped from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, which is about 10 miles from Jamshedpur.

The Indian publication The Print said the older woman Maya Murmu was attacked while fetching water in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

She was rushed to the hospital, but her injuries were too severe. Her family held a funeral for her, only for the elephant to return and trample her corpse.

Comment: 462 human deaths due to elephant attacks in 2020-21 across India

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2 year old foreign child in ICU after pit bill attack in Pattaya, Thailand

leah
The Thaiger
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:57 UTC
dog attack
A 2 year old foreign boy is being treated in the ICU after he was mauled by a Pit Bull in Pattaya on Monday. The young child suffered a broken jaw, torn cheeks, and an open wound on his head which required 200 stitches.

At 4pm on Monday, a foreign nanny took 2 foreign boys - aged 2 and 4 - on a walk in a village in South Pattaya. A Thai woman opened her front door to take the rubbish out as the 3 walked past and a Pit Bull, weighing more than 70 kilograms, ran out of the house and immediately charged at the 2 year old boy. The 4 year old managed to escape in time.

The two women tried to intervene but couldn't get the Pit Bull away from the young boy. Neighbours ran over to help separate the dog from the child, who was already seriously injured.

One neighbour who ran over to help was 67 year old Somkiat. Somkiat says he saw the attack and immediately ran over to hit the dog with a stick. He said it took several minutes to get the dog away from the child. One neighbour's CTTV camera captured the incident, which lasted for more than 5 minutes.

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Man mauled by 3 dogs dies, had legs, arm amputated in Huffman, Texas

Damali Keith
Fox26houston.com
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:17 UTC
Photos of the dogs involved
Photos of the dogs involved
A man who was mauled by dogs in his Huffman neighborhood earlier this month has now died.

A neighbor found Nicolas Vasquez pinned in the ditch with three dogs on top of him, attacking him. That was June 9, 2022. After 10 days in the hospital, Vasquez has died.

Now loved ones and some neighbors want the dog owners charged.

"When you know they're barking, chasing people, you should do something about it. When you just sit in your air-conditioned house and do nothing, that's negligence" says neighbor Calvin Stoy, who stopped the dogs from attacking Vasquez.

"I thought I heard a moan. I heard the dogs barking. So I went to the corner of my yard here, and I heard another moan," Stoy explains.

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Extremely rare megamouth shark from ocean depths washes up on beach in the Philippines

Robyn White
Newsweek
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:01 UTC
The typically deep-sea-dwelling shark was 15 feet long.
The typically deep-sea-dwelling shark was 15 feet long.
An extremely rare megamouth shark was found washed up from the ocean depths in a Philippines coastal village.

The deepwater shark was discovered dead by local fisherfolk in a remote area of Gubat, in Sorsogon on June 11, Philippines news outlet Rappler reported.

Officials from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) do not yet know the cause of death. However, BFAR spokesperson Nonie Enolva told Rappler that she suspects it may have become tangled in a fishing net.

Photographs posted to Facebook by Enolva show the shark lying dead in the shallows.

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Baby swifts 'being cooked' alive as they leave nests in 100F heat wave in Spain

Ed Browne
Newsweek
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:52 UTC
swifts
Hundreds of baby birds have been found scattered around streets in southern Spain after falling from their nests in a desperate attempt to escape an extreme summer heat wave.

The birds, swifts specifically, often make their nests in buildings where construction materials such as concrete or sheet metal are used. These conditions, combined with an ongoing Spanish heat wave that has seen temperatures soar to over 104 degrees Fahrenheit in recent days, can turn their nests into ovens.

"They're literally being cooked," said Elena Moreno Portillo, an animal activist at the Seville-based conservation group Ecourbe told The Guardian newspaper.

The group's Facebook page shows how people have been collecting boxes full of the baby birds. In Seville and Cordoba, where there are large urban colonies of swifts, as many as 100 have been collected in a single day.


Comment: Spain in grip of second earliest heatwave on record

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Six-metre long whale found dead on a beach in Panama


WION
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:09 UTC
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A six meter long whale has been found dead on a small beach next to Panama city historic center. The tail part of the whale has been found missing.

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Family grieving after man dies in dog attack in northern Saskatchewan


Toronto Star
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:44 UTC
dog attack
A woman from a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan says she's mourning her older brother after he was attacked by two dogs while mowing a neighbour's lawn.

Giselle Thomas of Witchekan First Nation says her brother, 43-year-old Noel Thomas, was killed June 1 when the neighbour's dogs charged at him from behind and bit his leg and hand.

She says neighbours walking by heard her brother yell for help and had their dogs attack the other dogs to get them off him.

Giselle Thomas says her brother stood for a little bit and walked around then suddenly collapsed.

She says 911 was called, but her brother was pronounced dead at the scene.

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