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Hyena kills two children in Tanzania


The Guardian (Tanzania)
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:32 UTC
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In the wake of increasing attacks by wild animals especially hyenas in the Lake Zone, the Wildlife Department in Mwanza is calling on parents and guardians to be extra vigilant to the whereabouts of their children at all times.

Mwanza Regional Wildlife Officer Lusajo Masinde made the call over the weekend following a fatal hyena attack on two children in Sangabuye Village, Ilemela District.

One of the children died on the spot while the other passed away few hours later at the Bugando Referral Hospital.

Narrating the incident, Faustine Christopher whose four year old nephew Elias Onesmo was one of mauled children, said Onesmo and three other children were playing outside their house when the stray animal struck.

Comment: Other recent hyena attacks on people:

Frenzied hyena attack on 5 people in Buhera, Zimbabwe

Hyena kills two children and injures five people in Kenya

Hyena attack leaves 3 boys injured in Kenya

Yemen man killed by hyena while on phone to wife

Hyena kills four people in Tana River, Kenya

Night attacks by pack of hyenas results in 2 dead and 13 injured, Sudan

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500 sea lions found dead on Peruvian coast line


El Comercio
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:44 UTC
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Corpses of the mammals were along the coastal strip of beach

Agents of the Police Department of Tourism and Environment of Chimbote, found a total of 500 sea lions lying dead along the coastal strip of beach Anconcillo Bay Samanco province of Santa, Ancash region .

As detailed by the police, the bodies of mammals were already in a state of decomposition.

The inspection was conducted last Friday and had the support of representatives of the Public Ministry, Ministry of Production and Assistant Manager of Public Cleaning for the locality of Santa.

It was reported that among the 500 dead sea lions were both juveniles and adults.
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Night attacks by pack of hyenas results in 2 dead and 13 injured, Sudan

Gabriel Mayom
gurtong.net
Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:08 UTC
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Striped Hyena- believed to be the species implicated in the Rumbek attacks [file photo]
Hyenas attacked 4 villages in Rumbek Central County on Thursday night, killing two people and leading to a further 13 people being admitted to Rumbek Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from bite wounds.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) confirmed the incident. An officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that 13 people had been admitted in Rumbek hospital and two people had died. He also confirmed that one hyena was killed while attacking the project development unit (PDU) on Thursday night, while another is still at large and being pursued by armed men. He said that the animals had attacked a number of villages, including Pankar, Malou-jech and Abinajok.

"[these are] shameful attacks made by hyenas - we have 12 people suffering from hyena bite being admitted in Rumbek hospital and 2 elderly people are dead. Those bitten by these hyenas are women, elderly people and children", continued the officer.

Comment: Other recent hyena attacks: Frenzied hyena attack on 5 people in Buhera, Zimbabwe

Hyena kills two children and injures five people in Kenya

Hyena attack leaves 3 boys injured in Kenya

Yemen man killed by hyena while on phone to wife

Hyena kills four people in Tana River, Kenya

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An Ice Age indicator? Unusually high number of snowy owls migrate early to Wisconsin

Paul A. Smith
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:14 UTC
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Snowy owls, such as this one spotted in the Milwaukee area in 2012, have arrived again in the state.
Several strong cold fronts in November helped deliver a wintry landscape to Wisconsin earlier than many would have liked.

If you're looking for a positive, here's one: the new whiteness isn't just snow.

At least 31 snowy owls have been recorded in Wisconsin this month, according to Ryan Brady, research scientist with the Department of Natural Resources and bird monitoring coordinator for the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative.

Like the early snow accumulation, the number of owls is unusually high for this time of year, according to Brady.

"It's probably a record," Brady said. "Thankfully, it's the kind of record that doesn't require shoveling and plowing."

The number of snowies in Wisconsin this month is even more extraordinary considering last year - which featured the largest number of the birds in the U.S. in decades - only one snowy owl had been seen in the Badger State by mid-November.

Snowy owls are large, charismatic birds that breed in the Arctic in summer and disperse in varying degrees to the south in winter.
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Bighorn sheep escapes its captors at Los Angeles zoo, only to be hit by car

Alex Dobuzinskis
The Raw Story
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:32 UTC
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A bighorn sheep escaped from the Los Angeles Zoo at Griffith Park on Saturday and dashed around the hills in the park for hours before it ended up on a residential street where it was struck by a car and died, a zoo spokeswoman said.

The sheep got free from its enclosure and darted through an area where zoo visitors were gathered. It escaped the zoo, probably by jumping a fence, and scampered around the hills of the park, said zoo spokeswoman April Spurlock.

The animal was loose for about three hours before it was struck by a car on a residential street near the Greek Theatre, she said. The concert venue is about 2 miles southwest of the zoo, on the other side of Griffith Park.

Comment: This is one of the unfortunate consequences of keeping animals penned up in confined spaces - it's a prison for them. Recently zoo animals are becoming rebellious and some are turning on their captors. Perhaps these incidences are symbolic of the human population that is becoming fed up with the ever spiraling control of their psychopathic masters.

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More aggressive wild turkey attacks reported in Brookline, Massachusetts

Jason Claffey
Brookline Patch
Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:12 UTC
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The animals have reportedly attacked a group of students, a crossing guard, and residents across town in recent weeks.

Thanksgiving? Not according to wild turkeys roaming Brookline.

There have been more reports of turkeys attacking people in town in recent weeks - continuing what has become a semiannual tradition.

WHDH reported turkeys have attacked a group of students, a crossing guard, and residents across town.

"There was like six or seven of them, and as I went around the mailbox they went around and they started chasing me into the street and I screamed for help," Marilyn Carmona told WHDH. "It was very scary."
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150 kg wild boar attacks sanitation workers and rams into police car in China

Lucy Liu
shanghaiist.com
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:59 UTC
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A 150kg wild boar attacked four sanitation workers in a row while they were crossing a traffic junction in Hefei city of Anhui province yesterday afternoon.

Among the four workers, two were wounded and had been taken to hospital for treatment, 21CN reported.

Soon after its arrival, the wild animal began ramming into the police car. It subsequently fled away to a factory and got stuck in a wire fence. After an hour of "hide and seek", the police eventually shot the boar to death.
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15 dog attacks reported in Ohio over the past year, 4 involving fatalities

Slater & Zurz LLP
blog.cleveland.com
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:41 UTC
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This past year (December 2013 to November 2014), various media have reported 15 dog attacks throughout Ohio.

There were likely many more dog bite incidents, but the ones listed below received the publicity.

Four people, two of which were infants and two women in their late fifties, died from the injuries they received from the dog attacks.

Of the 25 dogs identified by breed in the attacks, 9 were believed to be Pit Bulls and five were Rottweilers.

A month-to-month tracking of the various dog attacks is as follows:
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Wild elephant tramples 11-year-old girl to death in Cambodia

Sarah Taguiam and Taing Vida
The Phnom Penh Post
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:36 UTC
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Officials are calling an animal attack "unusual" after a wild elephant trampled an 11-year-old girl to death on Sunday near the Chi Phat eco-tourism zone in Koh Kong province.

At about 11am, the young girl, named Cheam Sokkhim, was fishing with her mother at a protected area when the male elephant emerged and went on a rampage, Koh Kong's Thmor Bang district police chief Saum Samei told the Post yesterday.

They ran, but the elephant started chasing after them, and then the daughter fell down.

The elephant then kicked and crushed her with its foot, according to Samei.

"This is the first time this has happened," Samei said. "Before, elephants used to be afraid of people, but now they chase people."

John Willis, director of programs for the preservation group Wildlife Alliance, which oversees Chi Phat, said elephant attacks are unheard of around the eco-tourism zone.

"There have been some elephant attacks in other provinces ... but we haven't heard of any elephant attacks in Chi Phat," Willis said.
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Violent elk put down in Sweden after attack on woman


thelocal.se
Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:36 UTC
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An elk which kicked and trampled on a woman in northern Sweden has been shot dead after the attack by the animal left her in hospital with numerous injuries.

The incident occurred in Luleå on Sunday afternoon when the woman was out walking her dogs. Local media reported that she was close to her home when she encountered the elk, who kicked her to the ground and then trampled over her.

Witnesses rang the emergency services and the woman was rushed to the local Sunderby hospital. Despite initial reports that the woman was severely injured, she was later released from hospital after having stitches on her lip and been treated for cuts and bruises.

"It ended happily after all but what if it had been a small child that had been attacked by an elk," the woman's partner Nils-Göran Berglund to the Kuriren newspaper.
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