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Elderly woman dies after wild boar attack in Morocco


The Moroccan Times.
Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:57 UTC
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An old Moroccan woman passed away in the small village called Tizki Issafen located in the suburbs of Tata after that she was attacked by a wild boar and, above all, did not receive the necessary medical treatment once she was taken to a local health center nearby (Moustawsaf Sihhi).

According to the local branch of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Tata, "soon after the attack, the women was taken to a local health center, but she could not be saved due to negligence."

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Tata made it crystal clear in a report it released on the sidelines of this tragic death "that the women may have been saved if she had received the necessary medical treatment upon her arrival to the local health center."

The Human Rights body is calling upon the authorities to open an investigation on what it called "a tragic death that came as a result of medical negligence."
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Elephant tramples handler to death in Thailand

Sara Malm
Daily Mail, UK
Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:51 UTC
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© ASTVPosing happily at the start of the ride
A routine jungle trek turned into tragedy when an elephant killed his handler and ran off with two tourists in south-west Thailand.

Meaw the bull elephant is believed to have been in musth when he suddenly threw off his handler, trampled him to death, and disappeared into the jungle with a Russian woman and her nine-year-old daughter still on his back.

Meaw was discovered nearly two miles away from the resort in Phang Nga, 310 miles south of Bankok, and had to be tranquilized so the woman and her daughter could climb off.
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Huge whale beached in southern Nicaragua


news.yahoo.com
Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:10 UTC
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© AFP /Inti OconPeople try to help a stranded whale at Popoyo beach, 35km from Rivas, Nicaragua on November 14, 2014
A huge whale was stranded Friday on a white sand beach on Nicaragua's southern Pacific coast, despite efforts by dozens of tourists and residents to get it back to sea.

The whale, estimated at 18 meters (59 feet) long, beached itself Friday morning at Popoyo beach, in the town of Tola, some 111 kilometers (70 miles) south of the capital, according to the Environment Ministry's delegate in the region, Mario Rodriguez.

More than 50 people -- from Nicaragua and elsewhere -- spent the day trying to get the whale back into deeper waters, but gave up in exhaustion as the sun went down.
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Burnley teen narrowly cheats death after family dog attacks, UK

Michael Morrison
Lancashire Telegraph
Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:27 UTC
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Never more appropriate?
A Burnley schoolgirl cheated death after being bitten by the family dog - narrowly missing one of her main arteries.

The 14-year-old was at home in Harling Street when the Staffordshire bull terrier attacked.

It sunk its teeth into her groin area, missing her femoral artery by millimetres. The dog was expected to be put down following the attack.
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Wolf

Another toddler savaged: One-year-old boy attacked by Labrador at park in French Valley, California


Redlands Daily Facts
Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:43 UTC
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The family of a 1-year-old boy who was attacked by a dog in Riverside County on Nov. 14, 2014, provided this photo. In it the boy is seen at a Riverside County hospital with his father.
A six-year-old Labrador mix was impounded from a residence in unincorporated French Valley today, in connection with a dog attack that left a one-year-old boy with severe injuries to his face, authorities said.

The boy, a month shy of his second birthday, remains hospitalized after being bitten as he played near his mother and a friend at Primrose Park on Cloche Drive, sometime after 3 p.m. Friday.

A witness initially reported the unattended dog might be a Rottweiler, but today the mother's friend pointed out the animal to Riverside County Animal Services Sgt. Lesley Huennekens, who is investigating the incident. The dog, Dexter, which was properly licensed, vaccinated for rabies, neutered and micro- chipped, was taken into custody about 3 p.m. from a home on Starkey Court, animal control officials said.
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Yet another dog attack: Toddler mauled by family's bullmastif

Stephanie Linning
Daily Mail (UK)
Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:18 UTC
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Ollie Cummings suffered bite marks and a deep cut across his face
A two-year-old boy suffered horrific facial injuries when he was mauled by a family's pet bullmastiff as he played in the kitchen of his mother's boyfriend's home.

Ollie Cummings was standing next to the dog as it was eating when it suddenly turned and began biting his head.

The toddler was left with a deep cut across his face and has undergone surgery to rebuild a section of his nose.

His mother, Natasha Wilson, 25, snatched her son from the dog's teeth before calling an ambulance to the Dundee home on Friday night.

The two-year-old was taken to Ninewells Hospital where he underwent a two-hour operation. He will need further surgery when he is nine or 10 years old.

Speaking from hospital, Ollie's grandmother, Debs Martin, 48, said: 'Ollie had been playing with some keys, walking from one door to another pretending to lock and unlock them.

Comment: Something strange seems to be happening in the animal kingdom as these reports of vicious attacks, often by family pets against their owners and family members seem to be occurring with increasing regularity. Perhaps the animal kingdom is reflecting the increase in bizarre behaviors that we are seeing in the human population. See:

SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Global canine insurrection? Another week of savage dog attack reports

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Sled dogs clash with muskox again near Nome, Alaska

Francesca Fenzi
knom.org
Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:52 UTC
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© Bering Land Bridge National Preserve“Muskox family.”
In yet another clash between canine and ungulate, two dogs were injured last weekend by a muskox near a biking trail in Nome.

The dogs, which belong to musher Kirsten Bey, were flown to Anchorage for veterinary care and are now recovering. This latest incident comes after a series of muskox attacks throughout the summer and fall.

In late July, a dog belonging to Mitch Erickson was killed by a muskox in Icy View. Earlier that month, Nome resident Diana Adams was cited for taking a muskox out of season when it charged one of her dogs on the same lot.

A third dog was gored in an attack by a muskox on Anvil Mountain in early August. And a dog owner shot and killed a muskox near Wales later that month.

Comment: See also: One dog killed after another muskox attack in Nome, Alaska

Strange animal behaviour: Muskox repeatedly charged dog despite warning shots in Wales, Alaska - other similar incidents reported

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Deep ocean sunfish found on beach in North Queensferry, Scotland


BBC
Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:35 UTC
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The sunfish can grow to 4m in length and weigh more than a tonne
An oceanic fish which normally lives up to 600m (1,968ft) below the surface has been washed up on a beach near Deep Sea World in North Queensferry.

The sunfish was discovered by a member of the public at East Bay beach who contacted the nearby aquarium.

Aquarists retrieved the stranded fish, which was around a metre long, however, it later died.

Deep Sea World's Chris Smith said: "This is the first sunfish stranding I have seen in the local area."
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Black Cat

Odd puma behaviour? Vancouver Island woman slams door on curious cougar

Katherine Dedyna
The Vancouver Sun
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:03 UTC
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Cougar at Carmanah Lighthouse station on the West Coast Trail. A Vancouver Island woman was alarmed to find a cougar staring straight at her — separated by only a screen door — on Thursday afternoon.
A Vancouver Island woman was alarmed to find a cougar staring straight at her - separated by only a screen door - on Thursday afternoon.

"I ran toward the glass door and slammed it shut, and he turned away and ran," said Riley Nicholson from her Creekside Glen townhouse on Atkins Road, which backs onto a ravine.

"What if he had just jumped through the screen?" she said. "That was scary - I think people need to know."

Nicholson was packing up to move when she saw the big cat on her patio about 4:45 p.m., and she wondered whether it was attracted by residual cooking odours caused by having her oven set on "clean," or by her cat, which had been outside playing a short time earlier
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Symbolic? Brown tree snake discovered dead still biting its neck, Australia

Emily Crane
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:40 UTC
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This dead snake was found home at Earville, just south-west of Cairns, on Saturday still plunging its fangs into its own neck
Did this snake kill itself using its own venom?

It certainly looked that way when Matt Hagan from Cairns Snake Catchers found the dead snake on Saturday still plunging its fangs into its own neck.

He was called to a home at Earville, just south-west of Cairns, after a woman found the 1.5 metre Brown Tree snake on her doorstep.
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