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Man trampled to death by jumbo in Coimbatore, India - 7th fatality in the area in 10 months


Deccan Chronicle
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:58 UTC
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A 52-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant
A 52-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Karamadai on Saturday, the third person to be killed by a jumbo in just two months in Coimbatore.

Vegetable vendor K. Murugesh came out of his house at Periyar Nagar in Karamadai to answer nature's call around 5.30 am when two tuskers standing near a bush, almost seven km from the forest boundary, charged towards him.

As it was dark, Murugesh did not notice the pachyderms and was close to the tuskers when they trumpeted and came charging from the bush. Though Murugesh tried to escape, one of the elephants chased and attacked him, causing grievous injuries.

A few villagers, who came out on hearing his loud screams, rushed Murugesh to the government hospital in Karamadai. However, he died on way. The forest department staff are now battling to drive away the two tuskers into the forest.
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Couple attacked by bear outside house in Pasadena, California

Fiona Keating
International Business Times
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:33 UTC
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© ReutersBears are coming closer to cities in the search for food
Bob and Irene McKeown were lucky to survive a terrifying encounter with a bear in California.

Surveillance video footage shows the couple leaving their holiday home, unaware that the bear was close behind them.

As the couple walked towards their car, they were followed by the young animal, which lunged at Bob McKeown.

After helping his wife into the vehicle, McKeown felt something on his leg.

"I closed the door and I looked.... a bear!" McKeown told news network KTLA. "You don't know how scared you are, you just see a bear. I've never encountered a bear," he added.

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Caged bear bites off 9-year-old boy's arm in China

Fiona Keating
International Business Times
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:12 UTC
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© ReutersA 9-year-old boy's arm was bitten off in a bear attack.
Bear savaged the Chinese boy's arm after he tried to feed the animal through its cage on Sunday

A bear savaged the arm of a boy who tried to feed the animal through its cage in central China on Sunday.

The accident happened when the nine-year-old attempted to give it food through the bars of its cage, said a doctor and state media.

The boy was pushing his arm into the bear enclosure at Pingdingshan Hebin Park in Henan province, when the animal caught hold of him.

Medical staff at Pingdingshan Number 152 treated the child and a doctor said that the boy had lost his entire right arm, which needed to be amputated.
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Bear attack critically injures man in central Kashmir, India


news.webindia123.com
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:00 UTC
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A 50-year-old man was attacked and injured critically in the central Kashmir district of Ganderbal, official sources said here today.

A bear entered the village Chount Waliwar in Ganderbal from nearby forest and before the locals could do anything the wild animal attacked and injured Mian Chichi, they said.

The injured was immediately rushed to local hospital from where he was referred to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in a critical condition. The wild animal later escaped back into the forest, they added.
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3-year-old 'stable' after mauling in jaguar pit at Arkansas Zoo


New York Post
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:44 UTC
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© KTHV-TVThe jaguar exhibit at Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas after a 3-year-old fell Oct. 10, 2014, into the enclosure.
A 3-year-old who was critically injured after falling into a Little Rock Zoo exhibit and being bitten by jaguars was improving Saturday, hospital officials said.

"The child's condition has been upgraded to stable and is expected to improve," Arkansas Children's Hospital spokesman Dan McFadden said in a statement.

The child's guardian has asked that the name and other information about the child not be released, McFadden said. The hospital statement didn't identify how the guardian is related to the child.

A Little Rock police report says the child's father told officers he was taking a photograph of the jaguar exhibit Friday morning when he saw the child's feet go over the railing. The report says the child's grandfather also only saw the child's feet disappear over the railing.

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Animal crackers: As well as terrorising people in Modesto, crazy dogs are now attacking stationary cars


The Modesto Bee
Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:59 UTC
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© JOAN BARNETT LEEDamage done by an animal is seen Tuesday on a Ford Focus at Heritage Ford in Modesto. The car had some damage done to it by an animal. Three vehicles at the dealership have scratches and bite marks on them. The front grille of the Focus was torn completely off.

A group of dogs has caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage to three vehicles this week at Heritage Ford in Modesto.

The first incident occurred sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, said commercial/fleet sales manager Jerry Urban.

Employees arrived at work to find claw marks and dents all over the bumper, grille and fenders of a car. The fender of a truck had also been clawed and chewed on.

Urban assumed the damage had been done by dogs; there was fur left on the car, blood near bite marks and the smell of urine.

He said the dealership's security company confirmed later in the week that the vandals were dogs, just in time to for them to strike again.

Comment: See also: Modesto, California: Vicious dogs roaming streets, chasing people and trapping them inside homes

Pack of pit bull terriers savage elderly couple in Modesto, California

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Paterson man savagely attacked by his own pit bull terrier

Joe Malinconico
The Record
Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:37 UTC
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Bitten on his face, arm, stomach and back, a 35-year-old Paterson man said he crawled out of his Albion Avenue home early Sunday morning to escape the four-year-old pit bull he had raised as a puppy.

The victim, Juan Cay, said the dog turned on him during a domestic argument involving his wife and her uncle. "I was frightened for my life," said Cay. "I thought that dog was going to kill me."

Cay said that at one point during the attack his wife confined the dog in a bedroom, but the animal broke out and went after him again. Cay said his wife again managed to get the dog into a different room. "I crawled out and passed out on the sidewalk," said Cay.

Cay was treated at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, authorities said. The victim said he likely will need surgery to repair damage to his arm.
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Birds fall dead from sky in Bapunagar, India


Ahmedabad Mirror
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 02:00 UTC
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It's a sight that would send shivers down most people's spines -- dead birds plummeting from above for no apparent reason. Nearly 50 crows and eagles were found dead around Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Bapunagar on Friday morning. When they first realised what had happened, residents in the areas were, understandably, left baffled by the necrotic avian rain. They said it was like something out of a horror film.

"The birds would get up and try to fly, go out of control and crash again. It was just strange," they said. Concerned residents called the forest department as well as the animal help organizations. However, forest officials refused to come claiming this was not under their jurisdiction, said residents. Manoj Bhavsar of Jeevdaya Charitable Trust, one of the organizations that reached the spot, said, "We received a call saying they spotted 7-8 dead birds in the area. Soon, we got a couple of other calls that more birds have been found dead or in a weak condition.
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Cox Hospital Springfield sees increase in dog attacks, Missouri

Jonathan Wahl
kspr.com
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:58 UTC
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Most serious cases involve children.

They're called man's best friend, but dogs also have the potential to be dangerous. Cox Hospital has seen an alarming rise in serious dog bites this year - most of them involving children.

It's not unusual for the Cox South Emergency Room to treat dog bites, but doctors say they've seen an increase in life threatening dog attacks. More children have been admitted to the hospital than usual, and some were even placed in critical condition.


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Indore reports at least 50 dog bite cases daily, India

Nine people killed by feral dog attacks in Rumbek, Sudan

Modesto, California: Vicious dogs roaming streets, chasing people and trapping them inside homes

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Indore reports at least 50 dog bite cases daily, India

Bagish K Jha
The Times of India
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:26 UTC
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About 50 to 60 persons are bitten by dog every day in city. In first seven months of this year, 11,826 incidents of dog bites have been reported, said Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) in its additional reply filed before Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday.

In 2012, nearly 10,100 people were affected by dog bites from April to December. Number went up to 16,000 in 2013. IMC reply was based only on figures received from Lal Hospital. Actual number of people bitten by dog in city during the corresponding periods, however, could be more as records of people treated at private hospitals are not available with the civic body.

According to latest survey of IMC, the city has around 29,000 stray dogs. This was the fourth reply filed by IMC before double bench of Justices PK Jaiswal and DK Paliwal in a PIL against increasing number of dog bites filed in December 2013.
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