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11-year-old boy mauled by dogs dies in Bengaluru hospital, India

Avinash Bhat
New Indian Express
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 14:51 UTC
canine attack
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11-year-old boy Praveen who was mauled by stray dogs on Wednesday afternoon in Vibhutipura succumbed to his injuries at 8.30 pm on Saturday, Manipal Hospital authorities said.

"We regret to inform the sad demise of an 11-year-old boy at the Paediatric ICU of our hospital at about 8:30 pm. He was on advanced life support systems including ECMO and CRRT. He had septic shock and multi organ failure. Our deepest condolences to the entire family," said a statement from Dr. Anoop Amarnath, Chief of Clinical Services, Manipal Hospital.
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Alligator attacks are on the rise in Florida

Daniel Figueroa IV,
San Francisco Chronicle
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:45 UTC
Alligator
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As Felicitie Gillette entered the waters of Lake Hernando, there was no way for her to know she'd soon become the latest statistic in an alarming and exceptionally Floridian trend — alligator attacks.

The American alligator, one of the Sunshine State's most ubiquitous reptiles, wasn't always so. At one point, they were hunted to near extinction and placed on the endangered species list until it was taken off in 1987.

Since then, scientists say, gator attacks have been on the rise in Florida.

Humans may be to blame.

According to Inside Science, a science news publication, gator bites in Florida "have been on the rise, increasing from an average of just one every three years between 1988 and 1999 to about seven per year between 2000 and 2016."

Statistics from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission differ, but still show an increase in the number of alligator bites suffered by humans since gators came off the endangered species list. Bites have increased from about six per year from 1971 through 1986 to about 10 per year from 1987 through 2017, according to FWC data.

Comment: Attacks for the last 14 months include: Woman fights off alligator while swimming in lake in Hernando, Florida

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Arrow Up

Mounting dolphin deaths in Florida's red tide zone trigger federal investigation - 41 died in August

Jenny Staletovich
Miami Herald
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:06 UTC
dead dolphin
Federal wildlife officials have opened an investigation into dolphin deaths off Southwest Florida, where a red tide is suspected of killing 41 dolphins in August alone amid widespread fish kills across five counties.

In a briefing Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was declaring the deaths an "unusual mortality event," allowing the agency to corral resources to research the ongoing deaths linked to the algae bloom. Since the 1990s, the agency has declared four similar red tide dolphin die-offs in the Gulf. Three occurred in the Panhandle and one, during a 17-month long tide that ended in 2006, covered the entire west coast.

"As we go through this event, if it's truly red tide, you may see a shift in the type and what the strandings look like," said veterinarian Teri Rowles, coordinator for NOAA's Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Program.
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Attention

Dead whale found off Pilbara coast, Australia

Tom Zaunmayr
The West Australian
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 11:44 UTC
They're everywhere! dozens of tiger sharks have been filmed feeding on a whale carcass found floating north east of Karratha on Saturday
They're everywhere! dozens of tiger sharks have been filmed feeding on a whale carcass found floating north east of Karratha on Saturday
A whale carcass has been found floating off the Pilbara coast near Wickham, about 50km north-east of Karratha.

The dead whale was spotted on Saturday morning by Hone Heke drifting east of the shipping channel 18km offshore from Point Samson.

A video and photos taken by Mr Heke show several tiger sharks feeding on the carcass.

Mr Heke urged caution to any spear fisherman out in the area this weekend.

The Department of Fisheries has been notified.
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Attention

Minke whale found dead off Prince Edward Island, Canada


CBC News
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:19 UTC
The whale measured about seven metres long, says the man who found it.
The whale measured about seven metres long, says the man who found it.
Local man found beached whale around 3 p.m. Wednesday

A beached minke whale was found dead off West Cape, P.E.I., on Wednesday afternoon.

The whale was already dead when a local man came across it at about 3 p.m. The man said he measured the whale at about seven metres (24 feet) long.

A spokesperson for DFO confirmed to CBC News that the agency is aware a minke whale washed up in the area.

"Fishery officers will visit the site and take measurements and photos of the whale," reads a statement from DFO.
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Attention

Dead North Atlantic right whale located off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Fraser
CBC News
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:58 UTC
The carcass of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was found on Monday off Massachusetts.
© NOAA FisheriesThe carcass of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was found on Monday off Massachusetts.
A North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the U.S. coast, the first right whale carcass to be reported this summer and the second this year.

The whale was spotted off Martha's Vineyard, a Massachusetts Island south of Cape Cod, on Monday, according to Jennie Lyons, spokesperson for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Boaters spotted the whale again on Tuesday and the U.S. Coast Guard provided a vessel to bring a small team of NOAA scientists to the carcass.

"They applied a solar-powered satellite tag to monitor the location of the animal," she said. "They also took a tissue sample, which may help us learn more about this whale."

The cause of death isn't known. Because of the degree of decomposition, a necropsy will not be performed, and the whale will not be towed to land.
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Polar bear attack leaves hunter dead, two others injured in northern Canada

Kathleen Joyce
Fox News
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:53 UTC
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A man was killed and two others were injured after a polar bear attacked the trio of hunters, officials said Tuesday.

Solomon Malliki, the mayor of Naujaat, Nunavut, located in northern Canada, said the polar bear was shot and killed after attacking the hunters, according to Global News. The group was found in a common hunting spot on Lyon inlet.

"One of the hunters was deceased and the two others had minor injuries," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement. "The initial investigation has revealed that the hunters were victims of a polar bear attack."

The hunters set out on Aug. 21 to hunt for narwhal and caribou before they were expected to return home on Thursday. Police were alerted on Sunday after the group did not come home. A search team and efforts by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center launched a search for the trio.

Comment: Also within the last 10 months: Man killed by polar bear in Nunavut, Canada while protecting his children

Polar bear attacks man on island of Svalbard, Norway

Polar bears have invaded a Russian village forcing locals to take shelter indoors

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Crocodile kills man in Jamaica


Loop
Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:44 UTC
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A crocodile who killed an elderly man in the Hellshire Pond area of Portmore, St Catherine, Jamaica on Sunday, is still on the loose.

The police have confirmed that 67-year-old Wilford Edmondson was the victim of a deadly crocodile attack on Sunday morning.

Reports are that about 9:15 am, Edmondson was among a group of friends fishing when the crocodile attacked.

The reptile took the senior citizen into the mangrove and inflicted wounds to his head.

"The Marine Unit of the police searched for a while and recovered a part of the body, we don't have any information on whether NEPA has captured the crocodile as yet," a representative of the Constabulary Communications Unit (CCU) told Loop Jamaica reporter Claude Mills.
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Attention

Wild boar attacks woman outside school in Singapore

Jewel Stolarchuk
The Independent (Singapore)
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:34 UTC
boar attack
Punggol Secondary School principal Benedict Keh urged students and staff today to remain vigilant and alert to their surroundings, after a school administrative employee was attacked by a wild boar outside the school yesterday.

The school staff was injured after a boar attacked her and fled into the rubbish collection point of a nearby executive condominium. The animal was left stranded at the rubbish collection point until officers from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) arrived and sedated the boar before moving it elsewhere.

The incident occurred yesterday evening, along 51 Edgefield Plains, according to the Singapore Civil Defense Force.

This latest attack comes after increased sightings of wild boars near residential estates have been reported in recent months.
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Bug

'Corixidae rain': Biblical scenes in eastern Russia as thousands of insects rain from the sky


RT
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:17 UTC
Corixidae rain Russia
© Sakha Ministry of Nature Protection
In a scene reminiscent of the Old Testament, residents of Amginsky District in eastern Russia's Sakha Republic were subjected to a bizarre phenomenon on Tuesday, as thousands of bugs rained from the sky.

The bugs are aquatic insects from the Corixidae family. They are up to 15mm in length and are currently in a migration season. The local Ministry of Nature Protection said in a statement that samples of the insects have been collected and sent to a lab for testing.

Comment: Strange Storms - Frogs, Spiders and Fish

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