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At least 15 birds found mysteriously dead on road in Abbotsford, British Columbia

Patrick Penner
Abbotsford News
Sat, 15 Feb 2020 11:31 UTC
dead birds
© Katie HoganAs many as 25 dead birds are shown in this photo
Ministry of Agriculture notified of the strange occurrence on No. 4 Road

The mysterious sight of over a dozen feathered-black carcasses on a rural road between Abbotsford and Chilliwack caused one woman to pull over to get a closer look.

Katie Hogan says she doesn't know how the flock of birds met their end, but she counted 15 bodies in total.

"The [birds'] insides were out," she said. "I don't know what kind of birds they are, but they are smaller than a crow and black."

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Boy dies after having throat ripped out by Rottweiler in Ukraine

Roksana Panashchuk and Stephen Delahunty
Mirror
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:19 UTC
The child's grandmother rushed out after hearing screams but it was too late
© Police of Ukraine/ICTVThe child's grandmother rushed out after hearing screams but it was too late
Denis, from Pishchanka, was with his grandmother when he was attacked by the dog and later found in a pool of his own blood

A four-year-old boy has died after his throat was ripped out by a Rottweiler in a savage attack at the family home.

The young victim was left in a pool of his own blood after the horrific incident in the village of Pishchanka in northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

The boy, Denis, died at the scene from his injuries.

The youngster and his grandmother Olga were planning to take a walk when the tragedy occurred.
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Strange animal behavior: Group of wallabies viciously attack four-year-old boy in Cairns, Australia

Georgia Terry and Warren Barnsley
7news.com.au
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:40 UTC
Queensland boy Elijah Deacon has been hospitalised with deep cuts in a wallaby attack.
© Riana DeaconQueensland boy Elijah Deacon has been hospitalised with deep cuts in a wallaby attack.
A four-year-old boy has been left bloodied and traumatised after being attacked by wallabies in far north Queensland.

Elijah Deacon's mother was forced to fight off the mob after he suffered deep scratches and bites.

Elijah was playing with his brother at a sports field in Cairns when the animals chased him down and knocked him to the ground.

His distraught mother, Riana, has told 7NEWS the attack was relentless and vicious.

She says she managed to fight the animals off, before they started chasing her.

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Doberman

Six-year-old killed by stray dog in Pakistan


Samaa.tv
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:32 UTC
dog attack
A six-year-old boy was killed in Multan's Shershah after a stray dog attacked him.

The boy, Sujawal, had gone into the fields to play when the dog attacked him, his family said.

Residents want the culling campaign to be restarted in the area. But the District Health Authority Chief Executive Officer Dr Munawar Abbas believes the reason for the attacks is because people have kept the dogs as pets.

The Multan Metropolitan Corporation has informed the provincial health department multiple times of the failure of the culling campaign.
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Horse rescued from sinkhole in Maury County, Tennessee

Ben Hooper
UPI
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:35 UTC
HORSE SINKHOLE
Firefighters in Tennessee said they used heavy equipment to dig a path to safety for a horse that fell into a sinkhole.

The Maury County Fire Department said crews responded alongside personnel from the Maury County Office of Emergency Management, Maury County Animal Control and the Spring Hill Fire Department when the horse was found in the sinkhole Tuesday on Forest Ridge Trail.

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4 dead mel­on-head­ed whales wash up in Trinidad

Sascha Wilson
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:05 UTC
Eric Lewis, curator of the Moruga museum, stands next to a dead whale which washed up at the La Lune beach in Moruga yesterday.
Eric Lewis, curator of the Moruga museum, stands next to a dead whale which washed up at the La Lune beach in Moruga yesterday.
A fourth whale beached at La Lune Beach yes­ter­day. It was spot­ted on the shore­line around 6 am. Res­i­dents, game war­dens and the po­lice as­sist­ed in lift­ing the whale on­to the tray of a pick-up and trans­port­ing it to an­oth­er beach where it was guid­ed back out to sea.

Hours lat­er, at around 4 pm, two dead whales washed ashore at an­oth­er area of the beach. Then at around 12.30 pm, an­oth­er dead whale was spot­ted on the shore about a mile away from where the two oth­er whales beached. Moru­ga mu­se­um cu­ra­tor Er­ic Lewis has tak­en pos­ses­sion of the three car­cass­es.

What ex­act­ly is caus­ing the whales to die is not yet known, but the T&T Ma­rine Mam­mal Strand­ing Net­work (TTMM­SN) has warned mem­bers of the pub­lic not to touch the strand­ed ma­rine mam­mals. Vet­eri­nar­i­an Dr Wade Seuk­er­an said the TTMM­SN has re­spond­ed to re­ports of strand­ed mel­on-head­ed whales at var­i­ous coast­lines and necrop­sies per­formed on some of the whales re­vealed that they died from a dis­ease.
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Doberman

Man dies following attack by his own pit bull terrier in Plainfield, Illinois

Dave Byrnes
Patch
Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:38 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
The 25-year-old victim most seriously injured in Saturday night's dog attack has died, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said. The victim has been identified as Devin White, a resident of the 2000 block of Mystic Drive, Plainfield.

White was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. Monday night at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. White was first taken to AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet immediately following the attack, which occurred sometime before 9:15 p.m. Saturday in a home on the 22000 block of Judith Drive in Plainfield. He was transferred to Loyola very early Sunday morning.

The three other victims of the attack, a 52-year-old woman, 25-year-old woman and 19-year-old man, survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The reason why the pit bull, which White owned, attacked them is still unknown, according to police.

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Mother wrestles river otter after daughter, dog attacked inside home in South Lakeland, Florida

Christine Cruz
wsvn.com
Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:11 UTC
17-year-old Gwyn Ewert
17-year-old Gwyn Ewert
An alarming attack sent a girl to the hospital with multiple bite marks from an otter. The outraged otter forced its way into a home leading a mother to take action to make sure her family was safe.

We don't often hear about aggressive river otters, but by fighting its way inside a home in South Lakeland, experts said this otter was definitely not acting normal.

"My husband's like, 'Case, you just alligator wrangled an otter in the living room!'" said Casina Ewert, the victim's mother.

The otter learned that you don't mess with a mother's instincts.

"I think life is full of surprises, and you should just be ready for whatever," said Casina.

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Photographer captures one of the last 'burkitshi' females who hunts with eagles

Jade Small
The Mind Unleashed
Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:53 UTC
The nomadic tribes of western Mongolia have used the golden eagle to hunt for some 4,000 years. Today, only 10 women still practice the skill of hunting with eagles.

The tribes of the Altai region have trained young men and women in the art of hunting with golden eagles for centuries. While training to master this rare skill the hunters form a strong bond with their eagles.

Known as burkitshi, golden eagle hunters were historically male — the ancient art being handed down from father to son. Women did eventually break through the cultural "glass ceiling" and became excellent burkitshi.

However, the number of female hunters has plummeted to only ten.
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Lighting kills 4 mountain gorillas in Uganda

Javira Ssebwami
PML Daily
Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:32 UTC
Mgahinga national park
Four mountain gorillas from Volcanoes national park in Rwanda have been found dead inside Uganda's Mgahinga national park in southwestern Uganda, reports The Observer.

According to reports, the gorillas are suspected to have been killed by a lightning strike on February 3. The deceased gorillas include three adult females and a male infant.

The Hirwa family of 17 members crossed to Uganda's Mgahinga national park on August 28, 2019, from Volcanoes national park in Rwanda.
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