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Woman killed by leopard in Pune, India - 5th such incident for district in 5 months

Gayatri Vajpeyee
Hindustan Times
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:12 UTC
Stock image of leopard
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In a case of human-leopard conflict in Pune district, a woman, 55, died in a leopard attack in Jambut village of Shirur tehsil. This is the fifth such incident in the Junnar Forest Division since March. In another incident which occurred over 25 kilometres from Jambut village, a man, 60, was seriously injured in a leopard attack. The Forest Department has launched a full-fledged operation to capture the leopard/s in the Jambut area.

Recalling the Jambut village incident, Pratap Jagtap, range forest officer of Shirur, said, "Muktabai Bhau Khade, 55, who died in the leopard attack was living alone in Jambut village. She was found missing by her neighbours on Monday, August 26. The neighbours along with the locals searched for her but could not find her. Suspecting a leopard attack, they reported this to the forest officers and the police. A search ensued and at around 4 pm on Monday, forest officials and villagers found Muktabai's body in a sugarcane field behind her home. She had multiple grievous injuries. Due to the rain, the body had started decomposing. The body was taken to the hospital for a post-mortem where the doctor upon primary checking confirmed that the injuries were from an animal attack which took place nearly 24 hours ago."
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Seven-year-old boy mauled to death by pit bull in Goa, India


New Indian Express
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:08 UTC
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A seven-year-old boy died after he was attacked by a pit bull while walking with his mother at Anjuna village in North Goa on Thursday, an official said.

Speaking to reporters, Inspector Suraj Gawas from Anjuna police station told reporters that an FIR has been registered against the dog's owner, Abdul Kader Khwaja, for negligence.

Victim Prabhas Kalangutkar was walking with his mother when the pit bull, which had not been kept on a leash, attacked him.

The child was rushed to Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) where he succumbed to his injuries.

Animal Husbandry Minister Nilkant Halarnkar said the state government has banned some aggressive dog breeds but their owners have got relief from the court.

The minister said he would take up the matter with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to ban certain breeds of ferocious dogs and bring proper guidelines to manage them.

PTI
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Teen decapitated in vicious shark attack off Jamaica coast: 'He went to sea by himself'

Katherine Donlevy
New York Post
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:04 UTC
Low angle underwater view of a Tiger shark
© Universal Images GroupA tiger shark may have been responsible for killing a teenager off the Jamaican coast Monday.
A 16-year-old boy was brutally mauled by a shark while swimming alone off the coast of Jamaica, marking an extremely rare attack for the Caribbean island, authorities said.

Divers found Jahmari Reid's decapitated body Tuesday morning, one day after he vanished during his solo spearfishing expedition near the popular tourist town of Montego Bay.

The teen's left arm was also missing and the remainder of his body was badly mutilated, witnesses told the Jamaica Observer.

"I can't believe that he went to sea by himself yesterday and that was the outcome. Sad to know. I feel so bad," Jahmari's heartbroken father, Michael Reid, told the local outlet.
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Handler dies after being attacked by Great Dane in Mumbai - Retired teacher killed by stray dogs in Karnataka, India


The Telegraph (India)
Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:32 UTC
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A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered here against the owner of a Great Dane after the dog attacked its 22-year-old handler during training and caused his death, police said on Wednesday.

Hasrat Ali, the victim, was severely attacked by the dog at a dog training academy in suburban Vikhroli on Monday morning and died within hours, said a police official.

The FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 106 (causing death by negligence) on a complaint lodged by Ali's family.

The deceased had been handling the Great Dane for eight months, the official said, adding that probe was underway.

PTI

Comment: OpIndia.com reports:
Bengaluru: Retired teacher dies after 10-12 stray dogs attack her during morning walk

On Wednesday, August 28, a 76-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs during a morning walk at the Jalahalli Air Force Campus in Bengaluru. The deceased was identified as Rajdulari Sinha, a retired teacher from Bihar.

According to reports, Sinha, mother-in-law of an airman had come to Bengaluru. She was out for a morning walk when 10-12 stray dogs suddenly attacked her in the playground at Air Force East 7th Residential Camp in Jalahalli around 6.30 am. She sustained multiple injuries and died on the way to the hospital.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Gangamma Gudi police station, according to a senior police officer.

Meanwhile, a social media user, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, took to X to narrate what transpired. "It's a tragic scene in the morning itself. Dozens of stray dogs attack a lady. I shouted, and my family joined me until a gentleman comes the dogs attacked. Jalahalli Airforce playground, Vidyaranyapura. I am guilty that I couldn't help her because of this wall."

"I was the helpless eyewitness. Due to their big wall, I couldn't save her. I shouted and called some people and they took her to hospital, but no use," he said in another post.


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Wolves kill 8 people in past 2 months in Uttar Pradesh, India


NDTV
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:45 UTC
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Representational Image
A child was killed and three others were injured in yet another wolf attack in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district. An official said the wolves attacked three children - aged three, six, and nine - in Kharighat's Chhattarpur on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

The official said that before the teams could reach the scene, the wolves had already moved to the nearby village of Raipur, where they attacked and carried away a five-year-old child from his parents' home.

As many as eight people, including seven children and a woman, have so far died in similar attacks over the past two months in the region.

Earlier Tuesday, Bahraich district magistrate, Monika Rani, held a meeting with village heads to make people aware not to sleep in the open.

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Killer whales attack another sailboat off Spain, prompting complex rescue that injures crewmember

Emily Mae Czachor
CBS News
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:35 UTC
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Killer whale.
Orcas slammed into a sailboat off the coast of northwestern Spain on Sunday, damaging its rudder and prompting a complicated rescue operation that left one crew member seriously injured, officials said, marking the latest incident of the predators attacking a vessel in the region.

It wasn't known exactly how many orcas — also known as killer whales — were involved in the attack near O Roncudo along the rocky cliffs of the Spanish province of Galicia. Spain's maritime rescue service said two people on board the boat, called the Amidala, sent out a mayday at around 4 p.m. GMT to the dispatch center in Cape Finisterre, an area also marked by rocky shores and, at the time, rough seas.

The man and woman who crewed the Amidala haven't been identified by name, but the rescue service described them as Belgian nationals. Their boat sailed under the Finnish flag.

Comment: Other cetaceans also seem to becoming quite aggressive of late, see:

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Wolf

16 dingo attacks in 2024 on Fraser Island, Australia - 9 involving children


Goulburn Post
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:14 UTC
Rangers have been called to 16 dingo attacks at K'gari in 2024, including nine involving children.
© Queensland GovernmentRangers have been called to 16 dingo attacks at K'gari in 2024, including nine involving children.
Families could be restricted from camping at a popular tourist spot after a spate of dingo attacks.

The Queensland government will consider banning families with young children from camping outside unfenced areas of K'gari (Fraser Island) amid fears the next dingo incident could be fatal.

Rangers have been called to 16 dingo attacks at K'gari in 2024, including nine involving children.

A four-year-old girl was flown to hospital in the most recent attack after she was bitten on the chest by a dingo while a group was fishing on the island on August 17.

Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour has asked Queensland's Environment Department to restrict camping areas for families following the incident.
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Dolphin attacks on rise at beaches in Fukui, Japan -18 injured so far in 2024 - man attacked on August 13


Japan Times
Sun, 25 Aug 2024 11:58 UTC
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Wild dolphin attacks at beaches in a central Japan prefecture have been on the rise since 2022, with experts suggesting that a sole Indo-Pacific bottlenose may be the culprit and that the aggressive behavior could escalate.

Eighteen people have been injured this summer at beaches in Fukui Prefecture as of Tuesday, including an elementary school student whose finger required 20 to 30 stitches and took a month to heal, according to the Tsuruga Coast Guard Office.

The number of incidents this year has increased rapidly compared to the last two, with at least one person injured in 2022 and five in 2023, according to the coast guard.

On Tuesday, a man in his 50s suffered bite injuries on both hands from a dolphin while he was swimming off Mizushima island in Tsuruga, marking the second consecutive day an incident occurred at that beach.

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Man mauled to death by dog in Chicago West Side apartment, medical examiner says

Jeramie Bizzle
CBS News
Sun, 25 Aug 2024 11:32 UTC
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A 33-year-old man was found dead Saturday night with apparent dog bites to his body inside a West Side apartment, according to the Chicago Police Department.

He was found in the vestibule of the two-flat around 8:30 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Quincy Street in the South Austin neighborhood.

The victim has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Keshon Bullock of Chicago.

Police say he had several bites on his body and that several dogs were found inside the apartment. He died at the scene.

The medical examiner's office later identified the man's cause of death as dog mauling.

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Two dogs seized after man found dead in back garden in Birmingham, UK


Sky News
Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:12 UTC
One of the two dogs they are hunting
One of the two dogs they are hunting.
Two dogs believed to have attacked a man who was found dead in the back garden of a property in Birmingham have been seized by police.

A 33-year-old man, who was looking after his brother's dogs, was found dead at an address in Hereford Close, Rubery, shortly after midnight on Wednesday with dog bite injuries, West Midlands Police said.

He is believed to have been attacked by at least one dog, which contributed to his death.

Two dogs were seized at the scene, both believed to be American bulldogs rather than a banned breed.

The breeds of the other dogs are unknown.

Comment: Just a day prior: Man dies after XL Bully dog attack at his home in Accrington, UK

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