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All remaining belugas from Russian 'whale jail' released into wild


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:30 UTC
Beluga whale
The operation to release hundreds of marine animals from the so-called Russian whale jail, which began in the summer, is completed as environmental experts have released the last belugas into the wild in Russia's Far East, the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography press service said on Sunday.

"The operation to release marine mammals into the natural habitat has been completed. All remaining Beluga whales were released in the Bay of Uspeniya Lazovsky district of Primorsky Territory on Sunday November 10," the statement read.

Eighteen belugas were released from the Professor Kaganovsky vessel and 13 from the Zodiac research ship earlier on Sunday.

The spokesman for VNIRO, Alexey Smorodov, told Sputnik that despite the complexity of organizing the operation, everything went well thanks to the professionalism, colossal efforts and responsible attitude of all participants of the mission.
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Leopard mauls woman to death in Uttarakhand, India - 6th fatal attack in the state since October

Shivani Azad
Times of India
Sat, 09 Nov 2019 14:07 UTC
Stock image of leopard
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A 35-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard in Baansi village of Rudraprayag district's Jakholi block on Friday. The victim, identified as Sudha Devi, was going to the jungle to collect fodder for livestock when she was attacked.

This is the second death in Rudraprayag district in the past 48 hours and the third death this week in Uttarakhand. It is also the sixth death due to leopard attack in Uttarakhand since October this year.

In Rudraprayag, both the victims were attacked by wild cat in Khakhra range. While, Sudha was mauled by the leopard barely 1.5 km away from Satni village on Friday, Sher Singh, 55, was attacked and killed in Satni village.

The frequent incidents of animal attacks have also irked the villagers and they have now demanded that the leopard be shot at the earliest.
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Video shows man viciously attacked by pack of 5 dogs in Miami-Dade, Florida


nbcmiami.com
Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:36 UTC
The incident happened Tuesday outside a home in the 1100 block of Northwest 103rd Street and involved five bulldogs, Miami-Dade Animal Services officials said

dog attack
Terrifying video shows the moment a man was attacked by a pack of dogs in northwest Miami-Dade.

The incident happened Tuesday outside a home in the 1100 block of Northwest 103rd Street and involved five bulldogs, Miami-Dade Animal Services officials said.

Family members said the man, Jaques Notis, was coming home from work when the five dogs attacked him. He was taken to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery and received a blood transfusion.

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Woman dies after being bitten by dog in Suffield, Connecticut


nbcconnecticut.com
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:06 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
An elderly woman has died after she was bitten by a dog in Suffield Wednesday.

Police said officers were called to 584 Thrall Avenue just before 3 p.m. When officers arrived they found the victim, 95-year-old Janet D'Aleo of Enfield, bleeding from life-threatening injuries.

D'Aleo was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., where she died.

The dog, which police described as a male pitbull pointer mix, was quarantined.

The case is under investigation.
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Second whale in 2 weeks washes up in Humboldt County, Oregon

John Ross Ferrara
Lost Coast Outpost
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:30 UTC
dead whale
Two weeks after a live 25,000-Pound humpback was stranded, euthanized and buried on Samoa beach, another whale has washed ashore in Humboldt County.

A very dead, 35-foot gray whale is currently lying belly-up on the shoreline of Agate Beach in Patrick's Point State Park.

Humboldt State University marine mammal expert Dawn Goley told the Outpost today that the dead whale was first reported yesterday morning.
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Severe drought in Zimbabwe has killed 105 elephants in 2 months


NY Post
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:36 UTC
dead elephant
© APThe carcass of an Elephant lies on the edges of a sun baked pool that used to be a perennial water supply in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk due to a severe drought.

Eventually park staff freed the trapped elephant, but it collapsed and died. Just yards (meters) away lay the carcass of a Cape buffalo that had also been pulled from the mud, but was attacked by hungry lions.

Elephants, zebras, hippos, impalas, buffaloes and many other wildlife are stressed by lack of food and water in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park, whose very name comes from the four pools of water normally filled by the flooding Zambezi River each rainy season and where wildlife traditionally drink. The word "mana" means four in the Shona language.

At least 105 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's wildlife reserves, most of them in Mana and the larger Hwange National Park in the past two months, according to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. Many desperate animals are straying from Zimbabwe's parks into nearby communities in search of food and water.
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Fossil discovery reveals apes first walked upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa

Natalie Parletta
Cosmos Magazine
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:07 UTC
Fossil Ape Bones
© CHRISTOPH JÄCKLEThe 21 bones of the most complete partial skeleton of a male Danuvius.
Walking on two feet could have evolved earlier than current estimates, according to analysis of 11.6-million-year-old fossils from a newly discovered great ape species, Danuvius guggenmosi.

The discovery reveals a possible common ancestor of humans and great apes, write Madelaine Böhme from Eberhard-Karls University in Tübingen, Germany, and colleagues in the journal Nature.

It also contests theories about how hominin bipedalism evolved, they suggest. "Ever since Darwin, the early evolution of humans and our cousins, the great apes, has been intensely debated," says Böhme.

How humans came to walk on two legs is central to these debates, she adds, and several ideas have been put forward over the past 150 years.
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Woman killed by her pit bull terriers in Bay City, Michigan

Cole Waterman
MLive
Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:38 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
Police are continuing to investigate what led to a Bay City woman being mauled to death by one or more dogs in her house.

Police on Nov. 1 found 41-year-old Brandy Joy O'Dell deceased in her residence in the 3200 block of Westshore Drive in the Westshore Estates Mobile Home Park. In the home with her were two pit bull-type dogs and a Chihuahua, said Bay City Public Safety Capt. Caleb Rowell.

O'Dell's live-in boyfriend had called 911 after coming home and finding her, Rowell said. O'Dell had been alone with the dogs for less than a day, the captain added.

Comment: On the same day another woman was killed by her own dogs in Clearcreek Township, Ohio.

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Woman killed by her own dogs in Clearcreek Township, Ohio


fox19.com
Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:26 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
The Chief Investigator for the Warren County Coroner's office says a woman was found dead in her home after she was attacked by her own dogs.

49-year-old Mary Matthews' body was found Friday in the 7400 block of Waterway Drive in Clearcreek Township.

According to the incident report, an officer was dispatched to the home around 2:30 p.m. for a possible drug overdose.

Dispatch told the officer that the caller was refusing CPR and indicated "she was beyond any help," the report said.

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Woman found dead in house with 140 snakes seemingly strangled by python in Oxford, Indiana

Mike Wehner
BRG
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:58 UTC
Python
A 36-year-old woman in Oxford, Indiana, was recently found dead in a makeshift "snake sanctuary" that was home to 140 snakes. The victim, Laura Hurst, was found lifeless on the floor of the home with a reticulated python around her neck. It's a bizarre story from top to bottom, and it starts with the home's owner, who happens to be the local sheriff.

As the Journal & Courier reports, Benton County Sheriff Don Munson owns the home but doesn't actually live there. He's apparently a snake enthusiast and was (or perhaps still is) a snake breeder who sells the animals. Hurst is reported to have owned some of the snakes in the house, and Munson lives right next door.
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