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Six-year-old boy killed after attack by dogs in Las Cruces, New Mexico

Justin Garcia
Las Cruces Sun-News
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:18 UTC
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The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a boy they say died after he was attacked by at least one dog Monday.

The victim, a 6-year-old boy, was flown to an El Paso hospital on Nov. 22 after he was attacked by a pack of dogs in a fenced-in area at his grandparents' home in a Mesilla Park neighborhood, according to DASO Sherriff Kim Stewart.

Sheriff, police report shed light on the death

Stewart said it's not clear how the boy got into the caged area that contained around half a dozen dogs.

According to a police report, the boy and his grandfather were playing outside when the grandfather stepped away for no more than 10 minutes. The grandfather told police that he was called inside by a group of men working on his house.

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Signs and Portents: Calf born with four eyes and two mouths with crowds gathering to worship 'divine' cow in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ria Newman, Chiara Fiorillo
Mirror
Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:53 UTC
The two-headed 'divine' calf being held by its owner
© Jam Press Vid/Rare ShotThe two-headed 'divine' calf being held by its owner
A calf was born with four eyes and two mouths, leading crowds of people to gather to worship and meet the "divine" cow.

The creature was born at a farmer's house in Bhagirathpura in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The unique-looking calf drew plenty of attention, with witnesses deeming it a "divine miracle".

The cow can drink milk from both of its mouths and is believed to be completely healthy.

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Woman possibly attacked, killed by her own dogs in Houston, Texas

Jenni Fink
Newsweek
Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:21 UTC
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Police are investigating whether a Houston woman was killed in an attack by her own dogs after they got into a fight with her neighbor's dogs.

Police responded to the woman's Houston home on November 19 after receiving a report of a deceased person. When officers arrived, they found the victim, identified as Tiffany Frangione, 48, in her backyard with puncture wounds to her neck.

A preliminary investigation found that Frangione let her dogs out into her backyard on Friday, where they fought with the neighbor's dogs through a fence, according to the Houston Police Department. Police believe Frangione attempted to intervene in the dog fight and was potentially attacked by her own dogs.

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70-year-old hunter in France suffers 'serious' injury after bear encounter

Martin Goillandeau and Sana Noor Haq
CNN
Sun, 21 Nov 2021 12:08 UTC
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A 70-year-old man sustained a "serious leg injury" in southwestern France on Saturday after an encounter with a bear, according to a statement from the southwestern prefecture of Ariège.

The hunter, who had been pursuing wild boars, was assisted by the high mountain gendarmerie team and promptly taken to a local hospital "in a worrying condition," the statement said.

A spokesperson from the French Gendarmerie was unable to confirm to CNN whether the hunter shot the bear, though the statement from the prefecture of Ariège read that gendarmes had "located a bear carcass below the place where the victim was found, which could accredit the thesis of an accident linked to the encounter between the man and the animal."

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Antarctic penguin waddles ashore in New Zealand, 2,000 miles from home

Sarah Vega and Katrina Lau
NBC News
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:21 UTC
An Adélie penguin – native to Antarctica – has been found 3,000km from home on a New Zealand beach.
© Allanah Purdie/Department of ConservationAn Adélie penguin – native to Antarctica – has been found 3,000km from home on a New Zealand beach.
An Antarctic penguin's misadventure has seen it waddle ashore almost 2,000 miles from home.

The Adélie penguin, which is native to Antarctica, washed up on the coast of New Zealand on Wednesday.

The rare visitor was spotted by resident Harry Singh, just south of Christchurch in Birdlings Flat on the South Island. A video captured by Singh shows the penguin wandering around on the beach.

"I did not notice any physical injury, but it was tired and hungry," Singh told NBC News via Facebook Messenger on Friday.

The last sighting of an Adélie penguin was in 1993 and this is only the third time one of the birds has made it to New Zealand's shores, according to an online encyclopedia of New Zealand birds, which says that one was found dead in 1962 and a live Adélie penguin was reportedly found in 1993.


Comment: While in the northern hemisphere three snowy owls turned up in Asturias, Spain far south of normal winter range.

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Florida tops 1,000 manatee deaths in grim single-year record

Curt Anderson
Wave3.com
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:56 UTC
In this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, manatees swim in a canal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
© Lynne SladkyIn this Dec. 28, 2010 file photo, manatees swim in a canal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
More than 1,000 manatees have died in Florida so far this year, eclipsing a previous annual record as the threatened marine mammals struggle with starvation due to pollution in the water.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported the updated total on Wednesday. The 1,003 manatee deaths so far in 2021 is many more than the 637 recorded last year and well above the previous mark of 830 set in 2013.

Slow-moving, bulky manatees have long struggled to coexist with humans. Boat strikes account for some deaths and many injuries. But state officials and environmental groups say polluted water runoff from agriculture, sewage and other man-made development has caused algae blooms in estuaries, choking off the seagrass upon which manatees rely. Climate change is worsening the problem.

Authorities expected another bad year for manatees, with more deaths to come as Florida enters the winter months when the animals congregate in warm-water areas where food supplies have dwindled. Seagrass beds on the state's eastern coast have been hit especially hard.

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Signs and Portents: Turtle born with two heads and six legs at New England Wildlife Center

Karolin Wiltgrupp
Ttag24.com
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:14 UTC
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You don't see a creature like this every day: A turtle was born with two heads and six legs at the New England Wildlife Center!

An animal hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts recently took to Facebook to announce the birth of a rare turtle.

The two-headed and extra-legged creature was amusingly named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, after the celebrity twins.

"It is a rare anomaly that can result from both genetic factors and environmental factors that affect the embryo during development," the wildlife center explained of the extra limbs and head.

Similar to conjoined human twins, these animals share some parts of their bodies, but not all of them.
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Signs and Portents: Mutant calf born with two heads, six legs and two tails in Turkey

Kirsty Card
Daily Star (UK)
Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:03 UTC
The calf which was born dead by caesarean section
The calf which was born dead by caesarean section
A mutant newborn calf with two heads, six legs and two tails has been born in Turkey.

The strange creature was stillborn in the rural neighbourhood of Bahcearasi in the district of Cine, during the early hours of November, 7.

Erdem Celik, 38, discovered the calf when he noticed that one of his cows was having difficulty giving birth.

The farmer called veterinarian Huseyin Aynur, who came to assist technician Selim Gokcen with the delivery.
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Signs and Portents: Mutant two-headed calf born with pig-like body and double tongue baffles Russian farmer

Charles Wade-Palmer
Daily Star (UK)
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:56 UTC
A two-headed calf with a pig's body was born in
© Ninel Karacakova/NewsflashA two-headed calf with a pig's body was born in Khakassia, Russia
A mutant calf with two heads and a pig-like body has baffled a farmer in Russia.

The freakish animal, which resembled two pigs more than a newborn cow, did not survive its birth which sadly also killed the mother.

Vets studied the calf in the village of Matkechik, Khakassia earlier this month after a farmer reported the bizarre abnormality.

A photo taken of the lifeless beast shows its hairless pink body laid on the ground with its hind legs splayed.

Looking at the two heads, both eyes appear sewn shut and not one but two tongues are pictured dangling on either side of its front hooves.
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Three snowy owls turn up in Asturias, Spain far south of normal winter range

George Holan
plainsmenpost.com
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:13 UTC
Arctic owl that has arrived in Asturias, on November 14 in Gozón.
© .Juan Villar Sordo/SEO BirdlifeArctic owl that has arrived in Asturias, on November 14 in Gozón.
Asturias has two new very recognizable neighbors for experts in birds of prey or Harry Potter fans. It is a pair of snowy or Arctic owls, two white specimens with some black spots and large amber eyes, like the one that accompanied the young magician, who since last weekend have been in the Gozón area, a coastal area near Cape Peñas.

These animals live in ecosystems very different from that of the Principality of Asturias, so that ornithologists and specialists wonder how they have been able to reach these latitudes. Meanwhile, dozens of curious people from all over Spain, who are asked to respect these birds, have come to these places with cameras and spyglasses in search of observing this unprecedented guest.

The first sighting of one of them occurred last Saturday and immediately the photos and information began to flow through social networks and telephones, to the point that since then a large number of interested parties have been around places such as the beaches of Verdicio or Llumeres , where both birds of prey have been seen. The biologist Arancha Marcotegi, from the birdwatching company Birdwatch Asturias, explains that the presence of three of these arctic specimens was confirmed, but one of them died "exhausted" in Cantabria.

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