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Man dies after pit bull attack in Bennington, Oklahoma


kxii.com
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:20 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A Bennington man has died after police say he was attacked by dogs in a Bryan County neighborhood.

Bennington police were called to Nail Street near North Ralls Street Saturday following an attack from two pit bulls and a mutt.

"Whenever me and my other officer arrived on scene, it was gory, horrific. The worst I've ever seen," said Bennington Police Chief James Heil.

Alan Bruce was flown to a Plano hospital in critical condition. He died just before 11 a.m. Monday.

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Man dies after being attacked by his own dog in Madrid

Cathy Elelman
EuroWeekly
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:35 UTC
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A man died after he was attacked by one of his own dogs in Coslada in Madrid on Sunday.

The 47-year old was at home when the animal, a Rottweiler, leapt on him and bit him in the face and thorax, Spanish media reported.

The victim, who reportedly had three guard dogs, was at his property located on an industrial estate with family members when the attack took place.

A call to 112 alerted the emergency services to the incident. When the medical team arrived at the scene they could only confirm the man's death.

As well as the Rottweiler which caused the injuries the man had two other dogs. The Coslada Local Police Canine Unit reportedly transferred all three animals to an animal protection centre.
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5 whales found stranded on Edisto Beach, South Carolina - at least 4 die

Daniella DeRobbio and Matt Dillane
abcnews4.com
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:52 UTC
Four whales were found stranded on Edisto Beach around 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Chief George Brothers of Edisto Police
© WCIVFour whales were found stranded on Edisto Beach around 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Chief George Brothers of Edisto Police
Four whales were found stranded on Edisto Beach around 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Chief George Brothers of Edisto Police.

The whales were discovered near beach access 36.

According to wildlife officials, the four pilot whales have all died. Authorities said one of the whales was dead before crews arrived, and that some of the animals needed to be euthanized because they were all believed to be sick or injured.

Officials said attempting to return the living whales back to the water would likely have prolonged their suffering.

Comment: Also in this same past week: Mass stranding of 134 melon-headed whales on Cape Verde's Boa Vista island

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Pit bulls suspected as dead man with wounds to his face found in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Iavan Pijoos
Dispatch Live
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 20:05 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
The body of a 48-year-old man was found with multiple dog bites in Port Elizabeth on Friday morning.

Police spokesperson Capt Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the man was found in Armstrong Street, Malabar, around 7am.

"At this stage circumstances surrounding the attack and subsequent death is unclear. However, while police were still processing the crime scene, they followed up on information of a woman washing dogs in Malabar, not far from the crime scene."

She said police called in the animal anti-cruelty league to remove three pitbulls pending the investigation.

A postmortem will be conducted to confirm the cause of death.
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Two people injured in Colorado elk attack captured on video

Dennis Romero
NBC News
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 06:43 UTC
elk attack
Two people were injured when a male elk attacked a woman in Estes Park, Colorado, a state parks official said.

Video showed a woman thrown to the ground and poked with the bull elk's antlers, said Jason Clay, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The Thursday morning attack took place near the town's visitors center.

"She miraculously came out unharmed," Clay said. "She had some scrapes. She was not transported and did not require medical attention."

A man who is seen on video jumping out of the way slipped and hit his head on a rock but did not make contact with the wild animal, Clay said. The unidentified man was hospitalized in unknown condition.

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Two stranded pygmy killer whales euthanized in Hawaii, second stranding incident in recent weeks


Maui Now
Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:19 UTC
whales
Two pygmy killer whales were found stranded at Sugar Beach in South Maui today. The incident comes on the heels of a mass stranding last month on Aug. 29, in which 10 adult pygmy killer whales (initially believed to be melon headed whales) beached themselves along with a baby whale calf of the same species in the same area.

"We'll do the same process that we did with the whales from three weeks ago. Which is analyze tissues, look at the gross results, meaning the immediate results and will try to as quickly as we can report that back to the public," said David Schofield, Regional Marine Mammal Health and Response Program Coordinator.

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Mass stranding of 134 melon-headed whales on Cape Verde's Boa Vista island


VOA News
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:38 UTC
134 dead whales emerge in a mass stranding in Cape Verde
134 dead whales emerge in a mass stranding in Cape Verde
A group of melon-headed whales died in a mass stranding on Cape Verde's Boa Vista island, Thursday, September 26.

The rescue teams counted 134 dead whales on Wednesday and autopsies are being carried out to try to determine the cause of death, according to local reporter Elsa Vieira.

Many factors could contribute to such whale and dolphin strandings, including sickness, navigational error, geographical features, a rapidly falling tide, being chased by a predator or extreme weather.


Source: Reuters
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15 pilot whales dead in Georgia's 2nd stranding since July


Yahoo News
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:11 UTC
Agencies respond to pilot whale stranding at St. Catherines
Agencies respond to pilot whale stranding at St. Catherines
Roughly two dozen pilot whales beached themselves on and near a Georgia barrier island, leaving 15 dead in the whale species' second mass stranding along the state's coast since July, wildlife officials said Thursday.

Scientists are performing necropsies on the dead whales found on privately owned St. Catherines Island roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Savannah for any clues to why the animals may have come ashore, said Clay George, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

"It's too early to say anything about the findings," George said in a phone interview.

He said the beached whales on St. Catherines Island were discovered Wednesday morning by a group of volunteers checking sea turtle nests for hatchlings. Others were found on beaches and marshes nearby.

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2 year old killed by pack of dogs in God's Lake, Manitoba

Nicholas Muhoro
City News
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:46 UTC
canine attack
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A pack of dogs in Northern Manitoba killed a two-year-old boy. Police claim they attained a report of a dog attack in God Lake Narrows on early Monday afternoon from a band councilor.

Officers arrived on the scene on Monday at noon and found the boy with life-threatening injuries in a wooded area not far from where he lived. He was then pronounced dead at the scene.

The assumption was he wandered away from his home at God's Lake First Nation into the wooded area, and that was where the attack happened.

The community members living near the forest were forced to shoot several dogs returning to the area.
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Woman killed by her 2 dogs in Widnes, UK


BBC
Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:31 UTC
Pictures posted online show two dogs believed to be those involved in the attack
Pictures posted online show two dogs believed to be those involved in the attack
A woman has died after she was attacked by two dogs, police have said.

Neighbours said mum-of-three Elayne Stanley, 44, was mauled at the house in Graham Road, Widnes, on Tuesday evening.

They reported hearing screams from the terrace house before police arrived to find Ms Stanley seriously injured.

Cheshire Police said one of the dogs had to be destroyed while the other had been captured and taken to a secure kennel. No arrests have been made.

Officers made repeated attempts to capture both animals, the force said.

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