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3-year-old girl killed by dog pack in Delhi, India


Devdiscourse.com
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:58 UTC
dog attack
A three-year-old girl was killed allegedly after she attacked by a pack of stray dogs in west Delhi's Moti Nagar, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Friday when the girl, Laxmi, was playing at a DDA park and suddenly a pack of dogs attacked and bit her, they said.

The girl's father, a gardener, was working in the park when the incident happened, they said.

''On Friday, at about 2.45 pm, we got an information that a girl named Laxmi aged three was brought dead at a hospital. The body was then shifted to DDU hospital for an autopsy. The girl's parents alleged that their child was severely injured after she was attacked by stray dogs inside the park,'' Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Urjiva Goel said.

The exact cause of death will be ascertained after the autopsy report, she said, adding that the matter is being investigated further.

Source: PTI
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3-year-old girl mauled to death by pit bull in South Africa

Shamiela Fisher
Eyewitness News
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:51 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A three-year-old girl has been mauled to death by a dog in Zwide.

The attack happened on Sunday afternoon and neighbours intervened, but it was too late to save the child.

Police said the pitbull managed to get out of the yard where it was being kept via a broken gate. The dog attacked Simakele Kovu while she was playing in the street with other children.

A resident stabbed the dog multiple times as he tried to save the little girl, but Kovu was bitten several times and died on the scene.

Police said the dog belonged to a teenager who lives in the area. He was apparently not home at the time of the tragedy.
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Wisconsin woman dies saving son from pit bull attack

Tom Dombeck
Wausau Daily Herald
Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:39 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
The family of a 35-year-old Shawano County woman is calling her a "hero" after she saved her 4-year-old son from an attack by the family's dog last week.

Heather Pingel, a stay-at-home mother of two and a 2005 Wittenberg-Birnamwood graduate, was rushed by paramedics to Aspirus Wausau Hospital following the Dec. 8 incident at the family's home in Bowler, but her injuries were extensive and she died about noon Thursday, according to her sister, Shannon Pingel.

Her son, Damion Bernarde, received roughly 70 stitches to his leg following the incident, but he is back home with family, Shannon said.

"She is the bravest, strongest mother I know to do that for her child; she risked her life to save him," Shannon said. "She is a hero."
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Vengeful monkey pack attacks and kills 250 dogs in retaliation for baby monkey's death in Maharashtra, India

DAN HASTINGS
Daily Express
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 11:13 UTC
Enraged monkeys have killed 250 dogs
Enraged monkeys have killed 250 dogs in an Indian district by dragging them to the top of buildings and trees and dropping them. Pictured: Footage purportedly showing a monkey carrying a puppy on a roof in India, Lavul village
Over the past month, the villages of Majalgaon and Lavool in Maharashtra, India, have witnessed increasing violence from local monkeys towards dogs. According to local reports, as many as 250 dogs have been killed by the primates who would drag them to the top of trees and buildings and then throw them to their deaths.

One shocking picture shows a monkey carrying a puppy to the edge of a building, ready to throw it to the ground.

Video footage shared by thousands online showed chases between dogs and primates in the streets and local people visibly frightened by the fights.


The reason behind so much violence is reportedly revenge.

It was reported a pack of dogs mauled a baby monkey to death which started the war between the two local species.
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Couple find terrifying deep sea fish on beach in Devon, UK - 9,000 miles away from its natural home

Kate Pounds, James Johnson
Devon Live
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:03 UTC
The rare fish is usually found half a mile underwater

The Angler fish washed up on South Sands Beach in Devon.
© SWNSThe Angler fish washed up on South Sands Beach in Devon.
A terrifying-looking rare fish usually found half a mile underwater has washed up on Devon's shores - a staggering 9,000 miles from its home in the Pacific Ocean.

Katrina Ashmore, 41, and Paul Ashurst, 43, spotted the fish as they paddled in the sea on their staycation.

The couple watched the angler fish bobbing about for ten minutes before it washed up onto South Sands beach.

They thought the deep-sea monster, which lives as much as 3,300 feet underwater, was a turtle or even an old rucksack.

Comment: Recommended reading: Creatures From the Deep Signal Major Earth Changes: Is Anyone Paying Attention?

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'Extremely rare' deep-sea fish washes up on California beach

Dillion Davies
Fox5
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:18 UTC
Ultra-rare Pacific footballfish
© Photos via Scripps Institution of OceanographyAn ultra-rare Pacific footballfish, pictured here with Ben Frable of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was reported as washing ashore Dec. 10 at Swami’s Beach in Encinitas, Calif. Researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say it’s the third time in the past month a deep-sea fish has been reported near a local beach.
Another ultra-rare deep-sea fish has washed up this month on a beach in California, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego said Tuesday.

Officials say scientists were notified Dec. 10 about a deceased female Pacific footballfish found at Swami's Beach in Encinitas, in San Diego County. The creature measures nearly 13 inches long and weighs 5 pounds, Scripps spokeswoman Brittany Hook said in a news release.

It is the third time in the past month a deep-sea fish was reported near an area beach, including the second such Pacific footballfish, which was photographed on Nov. 13 at a beach in La Jolla. An unusual 4-foot lancetfish also was found dead Dec. 1 on the sand at La Jolla Shores.
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Man mauled to death by pack of dogs in Rosebud County, Montana

Jack Beresford
Newsweek
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:18 UTC
dog attack
A man from Montana who was found dead on Sunday was killed by a pack of dogs, according to his family.

Duke Little Whirlwind, 58, was found just before noon on Sunday on a dirt road near his home in the Northern Cheyenne Reservation of Lame Deer in Rosebud County.

His niece, Avalee Little Whirlwind, told KRTV that her uncle had ventured out at 11 a.m. that morning to fetch a bicycle that he had repaired. He never returned home and his body was discovered soon after by a neighbor.

Avalee told the news outlet that all signs point to her uncle falling victim to a pack of dogs.

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Belted kingfisher from North America spotted in Preston, UK - only the fourth ever recorded

Sarah McGee
Lancashire Telegraph
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:57 UTC
A rare belted kingfisher has been spotted in Preston
© George Shannon/Unsplash, Joshua J.A rare belted kingfisher has been spotted in Preston
Birdwatchers have been flocking to a Lancashire nature reserved in recent weeks, hoping to catch a glimpse of a rare bird that has only been seen a handful of times in the UK in the last 100 years.

A belted kingfisher has been spotted at Brockholes Nature Reserve in Preston and The Lancashire Wildlife Trust reserve has seen an increase in visitors keen to spot the bird for themselves.

The bird is generally only found on inland lakes in the United States and Canada.

It is believed to be only the fourth time the bird has been spotted in the United Kingdom - the last sighting was in Staffordshire in 2005, but one was seen in Ireland over the past couple of years.

The bird was initially seen by fisherman and birder George Shannon on the River Ribble near Samlesbury, before it flew onto the nature reserve where it has been spotted by several local birders.

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Rare Ross's gull from the Arctic turns up in Dunkirk, France


Paris Beacon News
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:48 UTC
Ross’s gull
Ross’s gull
For the past week, it has been the attraction of Leffrincoucke beach, near Dunkirk, in the North. Sunday, a hundred paparazzi were still out with their cameras to try to see ... a seagull. But not just any. The bird, which has found refuge on the northern coasts, is a Ross's gull, extremely rare in our regions.

As soon as the news of its presence was known, naturalists from all over France - even from Belgium and the Netherlands - tumbled into the small seaside town. And this discovery risks adding an element to the dossier of opponents of the offshore wind turbine project off Dunkirk.

"I DID NOT EXPECT SUCH A CRAZE"

"When I shared my discovery on social networks, I did not expect such enthusiasm. »Claire Mariani is a novice naturalist who has been learning birding for two years with the Ornithologist and Naturalist Group of the North (GON). During an observation session on the beach of Leffrincoucke, last Monday, she crashes on a strange little seagull that she does not know.


Comment: Recently the same species also appeared at lower latitudes than is normal for it in North America: Rare gull that normally lives above the Arctic Circle found in Hastings, Minnesota

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Stray dogs maul 15-year-old to death in Uttar Pradesh, India

Harveer Dabas
Times of India
Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:49 UTC
dog attack
A day after her sister's wedding, Pinki Singh (15), a class VIII student, swept the house clean and carried the trash to dump in a thicket not far from her house. But she did not make it there - a pack of stray dogs surrounded and mauled her.

By the time, villagers heard her screams and reached the spot, it was too late. The pack disappeared leaving the bleeding girl. She was taken to a private hospital where she succumbed to injuries.

The attack took place on Friday at Husainpur village under Saidnangali police station area of Amroha.

When contacted, Dr Narender Singh, additional chief veterinary officer, said, "We have not received any information about the death. In case it is true, we will take measures to catch the dogs."
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