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Two pitbulls maul four-year-old boy to death in Cape Town, South Africa

Siphokazi Vuso
IOL
Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:09 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
The family of four-year-old Milani Keke, who was mauled to death by two pitbulls in Gugulethu at the weekend, said they were struggling to come to terms with their loss.

Milani was attacked by the dogs when he tried to retrieve a ball while playing rugby with friends at home on Sunday.

The animals are currently in the care of the SPCA as investigations continue.

Speaking to the Cape Times on Monday, his traumatised mother, Nothemba Keke, said she was inside her home when the incident happened.
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Man dies after attack by pet stag in County Cork, Ireland

Ralph Riegel
The Independent (Ireland)
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:15 UTC
Ger Withers passed away on Tuesday after being attacked by a stag

Ger Withers passed away on Tuesday after being attacked by a stag
A renowned huntsman died after being attacked and gored by a pet stag.

An investigation is now underway into the freak tragedy in north Cork which claimed the life of the married father of three.

The huntsman - named locally in Liscarroll as Gerard 'Ger' Withers (45) - suffered fatal injuries after he was apparently attacked by the pet stag on Tuesday afternoon.

The tragedy occurred at the Duhallow Hunt Kennels in north Cork where the stag had been raised and kept as a pet.
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'Blood everywhere': Aggressive squirrels terrorizing, attacking NYC residents for weeks


Chicago.cbslocal.com
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:59 UTC
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Some people living in a Queens neighborhood are afraid to leave their homes. That's because there have been several aggressive squirrel attacks over the last few weeks, CBS 2 New York's Hazel Sanchez reported Tuesday.

Micheline Frederick is still bruised. Her bite wounds are healing after she was attacked by a squirrel one week ago. "You hear someone has been bitten by a squirrel, you're like 'Okay, you got a little nib, what's the deal?' But this was ... this was an MMA cage match! And I lost!" Frederick said.

She said the squirrel, totally unprovoked, went after her as she stood on the front stoop of her Rego Park home on 65th Drive. She shared graphic photos of the aftermath.

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Boy killed by dogs at kennels in Ivanteevka, Russia

Charles Wade-Palmer
The Star (UK)
Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:49 UTC
dog attack
A young boy in Russia has died in a vicious dog attack after his mother allegedly left him to go and drink vodka with a friend.

The boy's mother has been arrested by Russian police who they suspect abandoned him to see in the New Year on a drinking spree with a pal.

Reports say the unnamed mum-of-three had visited her friend who has a dog kennels in the town of Ivanteevka in the Moscow Oblast region on December 31.

Police have not publically named the mother and her child, but officers are referring to the boy only by his first name of Maxim.

A statement released by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the Moscow region said that the mother and the owner of the kennel had left the children to feed the dogs.
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Over 1,000 endangered migratory birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh, India


News18.com
Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:09 UTC
Going for a drink? Bar-headed geese

Going for a drink? Bar-headed geese
Besides the bar-headed goose, the other species were the shoveler, the river tern, the black-headed gull and the common teal.

Biologists on Saturday sounded the alarm with over 1,000 migratory birds, largely the endangered bar-headed goose, a highest-altitude migrant, were found dead over the past one week or so in Pong wetlands -- one of the largest in northern India in Himachal Pradesh.

Chief Conservator Wildlife (Pong wetlands) Upasna Patyal told IANS the reason for the deaths is still a mystery as their carcasses have been sent to different laboratories to determine their cause of death, but it could take days or at least a week to get results.

The number of deaths was now more than 1,000. Besides the bar-headed goose, the other species were the shoveler, the river tern, the black-headed gull and the common teal.

Some birds -- including the bar-headed goose -- were seen acting strangely before their deaths, she said.

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Elephant disembowels man, tramples him to death in Kenya

Samantha Lock
Newsweek
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:03 UTC
File photo: An elephant is pictured at the Tsavo East National Park in Kenya, nearby to where a man was disemboweled and trampled to death on December 30.
© TONY KARUMBA/GETTY
File photo: An elephant is pictured at the Tsavo East National Park in Kenya, nearby to where a man was disemboweled and trampled to death on December 30.
A man was disemboweled and trampled to death by an elephant in a vicious attack in Makueni, Kenya.

Charles Mutisya, 73, was killed on Wednesday morning while tending to his farm in the Nthunguni area of Kibwezi East sub-county.

The wild animal had strayed from the nearby Tsavo East National Park when it attacked the elderly man around 7 a.m.

"Police from Mtito Andei police station and Kenya Wildlife Services rangers visited the scene of the incident and found the body having visible injuries with intestines hanging outside the stomach," Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Ole Naipeyan told Kenya News Agency on Wednesday.

Comment: Elephants have also killed during the past week in Nepal and in the Indian states of Orissa (2 deaths), Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (2) and Assam.

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Hundreds of dead birds found in Rome after New Year fireworks


Wanted in Rome
Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:19 UTC
dead birds
© Roma Today
Hundreds of dead birds covered a central Rome street in the aftermath of last night's fireworks for New Year.

The birds, believed to be starlings, were found at the Termini train station end of Via Cavour by a motorist who posted footage of the disturbing scene on YouTube.

The disorientated birds, startled by the explosions, are thought to have died after flying into windows and high voltage electricity cables just after midnight.

The incident occurred amid a New Year firework ban which was completely ignored, as in previous years, leading to numerous cases of dogs running away from their homes in fear.

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Home surveillance catches attack by 3 pit bull terriers on Milwaukee's north side

Aaron Maybin
FOX6 News Milwaukee
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:42 UTC
dog attack

Seeking a safe haven by jumping from one car to the next, cameras capture a man climbing on top of vehicles, trying to escape biting dogs early Monday morning.
Seeking a safe haven by jumping from one car to the next, cameras capture a man climbing on top of vehicles, trying to escape biting dogs early Monday morning.

The man climbed on top of an SUV to get away from the pack.

The situation went on for roughly fifteen minutes before police arrived.

"I have a camera there," Sandra Townsend said.

She keeps a close eye on her neighborhood.

"Yeah, I'm nosey," she said.

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'Ferocious animal' attacks children, spreads panic among residents in Upper Egypt


Gulf Today
Sat, 26 Dec 2020 18:36 UTC
A videograb shows the animal attacking children.

A videograb shows the animal attacking children.
A video has gone viral on Egyptian social media showed a ferocious animal attack on a group of children in a village in Qena Governorate in Upper Egypt.

The Qena Security Directorate announced that it had received information that at least 10 people had been injured as a result of an attack by an animal which the local call "Al-Salwa" in one of the areas in Qena.

The predator bites people, causing panic in the area.

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Monkey sneaks into home and viciously attacks 5-month-old baby in Malaysia

Arisha Rozaidee
SASY
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:23 UTC
ATTACK
A wild monkey recently snuck into a family home in Johor Bahru and attacked a five-month-old baby

According to Kosmo! the incident took place around 11am on Sunday, 20 December.

The mother, 42-year-old Siti Nur Asikin Sulaiman, said that she was in the kitchen when she suddenly heard her baby let out a cry from the master bedroom. A monkey had entered the room through a window and attacked the child.

"My daughter suddenly screamed and cried. I rushed to the room to get her and was shocked to see a wild monkey on top of her back," she said.
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