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Storm rains bushels of fish on Texarkana

Lori Dunn
Texarkana Gazette
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:14 UTC
FISHY
At least four locations in town reported a free-fall of fish either during or in the aftermath of two storms that blew through here Wednesday afternoon.

Among the places that pelted by fish were Discount Wheel & Tire and Tiger Stadium, both on Summerhill Road on the Texas side of town.

Arkansas-side resident Melissa Curry was the first to call the Gazette to report the strange occurrence. She and her husband were leaving their home Wednesday afternoon when they discovered as many as two dozen small fish scattered around the back yard and side yard of their Victorian home.

"There were every bit of 20 fish out here.," Curry said. "we were flabbergasted. "

Tim Brigham, manager of Discount Wheel and Tire at 3223 Summerhill Road, said he saw some fish falling during a thunderstorm that popped up Wednesday afternoon.

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Chemistry professor mauled to death by rampaging pack of stray dogs in the Siberian city of Yakutsk, Russia

Dimitris Kouimtsidis, Will Stewart
Daily Star (UK)
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:44 UTC
Her body was found mauled in the Siberian city of Yakutsk
© CrimYakutia / East2west NewsHer body was found mauled in the Siberian city of Yakutsk
A chemistry professor has been mauled to death in a horrific attack by a rampaging pack of stray dogs.

A shocking picture shows the mauled body of Dr Sardana Sleptsova, 53, lying on the snow in the Russian city of Yakutsk, while video footage shows how she was overcome by the hungry mongrels.

The dreadful attack took place near the city's horse racing stadium and Arctic State Agro-Technological University in extreme weather conditions that reached as low as -48C.

The chemistry professor - a polymer nanocomposites expert at the North-Eastern Federal University - had been lying dead in the snow for several hours when her body was found by a student named Semyon Alexeev.

According to reports, he was also attacked by the same pack of violent strays, in what is not the first attack on pedestrians in the area.

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Family dogs fatally attack woman in Valinda, California

Ruby Gonzales
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:08 UTC
dog attack
A woman trying to get into a backyard window of her East Valinda home was fatally attacked by the family's four dogs, authorities said on Wednesday, Dec. 29, with her 6-year-old son suffering minor injuries.

The woman, who lived at the home with a sister-in-law, forgot her key and no one was at the residence in the 18000 block of Elizondo Street, sheriff's Lt. David Petrocelli said.

"The dogs were familiar with the child, but not with the mother," Petrocelli said.

It was unclear why the dogs would not recognize her. The lieutenant didn't know the dogs' breeds.
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UK zoo helps lost Mexican fish live to see another Tequila sunrise

Helen Pidd
The Guardian
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:05 UTC
tequila fish
© Chester zoo/PA‘A rare success story’: tequila fish are thriving after their reintroduction in Mexico.
Declared extinct in the wild in 2003, species has been reintroduced to its native river after being bred in Chester.

A "charismatic little fish" declared extinct in the wild has been reintroduced to its native Mexico after being bred in an aquarium at Chester zoo.

The tequila fish (Zoogoneticus tequila), which grows to no bigger than 70mm long, disappeared from the wild in 2003 owing to the introduction of invasive, exotic fish species and water pollution.
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Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills 5,000 cranes and sparks slaughter of half a million chickens


The Guardian
Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:11 UTC
Thousands of migratory cranes have died from bird flu in northern Israel, posing a crisis for the poultry industry.
© Ronen Zvulun/ReutersThousands of migratory cranes have died from bird flu in northern Israel, posing a crisis for the poultry industry.
A bird flu outbreak in northern Israel has killed at least 5,200 migratory cranes and forced farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens as authorities try to contain what they say is the deadliest wildlife disaster in the nation's history.

Uri Naveh, a senior scientist at the Israel Parks and Nature Authority, said the situation was not yet under control. "Many of the birds are dead in the middle of the water body so it's difficult for them to be taken out," he said on Monday.

Environmental protection minister Tamar Zandberg called the crisis "the most serious damage to wildlife in the history of the country". "The extent of the damage is still unclear," she tweeted.

Yaron Michaeli, a spokesperson for the Hula Lake park, where the crane population is mainly based, said workers were removing the carcasses as quickly as possible, fearing they could infect other wildlife.

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Surfer killed in shark attack at California beach, officials say

Alexandra Meeks
CNN
Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:27 UTC
Great white shark
A male surfer was killed in a shark attack in Morro Bay, California, on Christmas Eve, the Morro Bay Harbor Department confirmed to CNN.

"Harbor, Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a male victim unresponsive on the beach after he was pulled from the water suffering from an apparent shark attack," the Harbor Department said in a statement.

Officials located the male surfer at 10:48 a.m. PT off Morro Bay State Park beach, according to Harbor Director Eric Endersby. Morro Bay is 15 miles west of San Luis Obispo.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Boy dies after dog savagely attacked him in Queensland, Australia

Brittany Chain
Daily Mail
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 13:11 UTC
A young boy has died in hospital after being savagely mauled by a dog on the Gold Coast. Pictured is the dog believed to be responsible for the attack
A young boy has died in hospital after being savagely mauled by a dog on the Gold Coast. Pictured is the dog believed to be responsible for the attack
A young boy has died after being mauled by a dog during a horrific backyard attack on Christmas Eve.

The five-year-old was with his grandmother inside a home in Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast when the dog, reportedly an English bull terrier-American bulldog cross, attacked him about 11.45am.

He was rushed to hospital but died on the operating table, The Courier-Mail reported.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said the boy suffered life-threatening bites to his neck before going into cardiac arrest.
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Man dies in dog attack at kennels in Auchterhouse, Scotland

Alasdair Clark
The Courier
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:15 UTC
dog attack
The 55-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency crews were called to Juniper Kennels and Cattery in the Auchterhouse area on Wednesday afternoon.

Police Scotland said the man was pronounced dead after officers were called to reports of a dog attack.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is to be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.

A force spokesman said: "Officers received report of a man having been attacked by a dog in Kirkton of Auchterhouse around 1.10pm on Wednesday December 22, 2021.
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Signs and Portents: Shock as 'mutant' two-headed calf born in Brazil - and nobody knows how it happened

Lauren Davidson
Daily Star (UK)
Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:54 UTC
People are unsure why the calf was born with two heads
People are unsure why the calf was born with two heads
Farmers have been left baffled after one if its cows has given birth to a two-headed mutant calf.

The poor creature was born on a farm in the Brazilian municipality of Nova Venecia in the state of Espirito Santo on the evening of December 13, and is unable to stand up or feed naturally.

Delci Busatto, the son of the calf's owner, told local media that the mutant calf lives on the family's farm and has trouble feeding from its mother and needs to feed from a bottle.

He said: "The calf is very debilitated. It has to lie down and cannot get up. Because it can't stand up, the calf has to be fed from a bottle."

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33 pilot whales die in mass stranding in Northland, New Zealand

Melanie Earley
Stuff
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:03 UTC
Thirty-three of the stranded pilot whales died over the weekend.
Thirty-three of the stranded pilot whales died over the weekend.
Thirty-three stranded pilot whales have died after almost 50 were found stranded in the Parengarenga Harbour, in the Far North.

Department of Conservation (DOC) staff, along with local iwi Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri and NgāiTakoto, responded to the mass stranding of 49 whales on Saturday.

A DOC spokeswoman said by the time teams arrived, 14 of the whales were already dead, and an attempt to re-float the surviving whales was made at high tide.

By Sunday, 16 of the whales had been successfully re-floated and ushered out of the harbour into open water, the spokeswoman said, but 33 had died.
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