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Pack of dogs maul woman to death in Newport, Tennessee - 2nd such fatality along same road in 3 months

David Sikes
wvlt.tv
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:19 UTC
dog attack
A 29-year-old woman named Amber Miller was mauled to death by a pack of dogs, according to her friend Brittany Reese.

Steve Mayes said he found Miller up against a tree following the attack and described taking her to the hospital in his truck. "I just hate to walk up and see her that way. I'm glad that we was there to get her to the hospital but I'm just sorry that we had to see it."

The Cocke County Sheriff's Office reported it was investigating the July 12 case and a similar incident from four months earlier along the same road in Cocke County. Jimtown Road is just outside of Newport.

"A similar incident occurred on the same road on April 1, 2021, that resulted in the death of Tony Ahrens," the Cocke County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post.

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Doberman

Pit bulls attack, kill 59-year-old woman at home in West El Paso, Texas

DANIEL BORUNDA
El Paso Times
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:11 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
A 59-year-old woman was mauled and killed by her family's two pit bulls Sunday evening at a West El Paso home, police said.

Detectives are investigating the death, but "all indications are that the two pit bull dogs killed the woman," a police news release stated.

At about 6 p.m. Sunday, patrol officers responded to a call of a death after a woman arrived home to find her mother being mauled by the family's two dogs inside a home in the 7200 block of Royal Arms Drive, a police spokesman said.

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Moonfish from the tropics found dead on Oregon beach

Jamie Hale
Oregon Live
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:58 UTC
A giant, 100-pound opah fish was found dead on a beach in Seaside, Oregon

A giant, 100-pound opah fish was found dead on a beach in Seaside, Oregon
A strange-looking fish has washed up on the Oregon coast, a stunning sight for beach walkers and an unusual discovery for the local aquarium.

The 3.5-foot, 100-pound opah fish was discovered on Sunset Beach north of Seaside on Wednesday morning, and was quickly reported to the Seaside Aquarium, which placed it the fish in a freezer to preserve it for future educational opportunities, the aquarium said.

Also known as a moonfish, the opah is typically found in warmer, tropical waters, though it's not unheard of to find them along the Oregon coast. In 2009, a Milwaukie man caught a 97-pound opah while fishing for tuna off the mouth of the Columbia River.

Opah are discoid fish, meaning they are shaped like large discs. Their average weight is about 100 pounds, according to the National Oceania and Atmospheric Association, though some larger species can grow to be longer than six feet and weigh up to 600 pounds. The fish have distinct coloration, with bright red-orange fins.

The Seaside Aquarium said one lucky school group will get the opportunity to dissect the large fish this upcoming school year.

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Black Cat

Tiger kills two bikers in Uttar Pradesh, India - third survives the night by climbing tree

Kanwardeep Singh
Times of India
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:21 UTC
tiger
Two men were killed and the third had a narrow escape when a tiger attacked the bike-borne trio travelling on a link road that passes through the Pilibhit forest reserve in UP. The 23-year-old survivor had managed to climb a tree nearby and spent the entire night there even as the big cat made several failed attempts to strike at him.

Vikas (who only uses his first name) gathered the courage to come down from the tree only after he saw local residents pass by the next morning. "We informed police and forest department after we saw the man, terrified and barely able to speak. A bike was lying nearby and next to it was a body. There were claw marks on the tree that saved the man's life," said Rajendra Prasad, a local resident.

The attack occurred on Sunday night when Kandhai Lal (35) was returning along with his nephew Sonu Kumar (22) and his friend Vikas after meeting his in-laws in Jalalpur village in Shahjahanpur.

According to the forest department, the men were in an inebriated state and were warned by the forest guard about tiger movement in the area along the 10km long link road. "Movement of three tigers had been recorded by our staff in this particular beat of the forest and the victims were cautioned as well but they ignored the warning," deputy director of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Naveen Khandelwal told TOI.
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Number of deaths, injuries from brown bear attacks in Hokkaido, Japan to hit record high this year


The Mainichi
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:41 UTC
In this June 2015 file photo, a brown bear is seen in the Hokkaido town of Shari.
© Mainichi/Hiroaki Homma
In this June 2015 file photo, a brown bear is seen in the Hokkaido town of Shari.
The number of deaths and injuries caused by brown bear attacks in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido this year has reached nine, including suspected cases yet to be confirmed, putting the prefecture on track to mark the highest number of incidents since 1962, when records began to be kept.

Experts are warning that brown bears are living in areas closer to people as buffer zones that used to separate their habitats and residential areas have disappeared.

"I feel bears are appearing this year more often than usual, with a spate of reports of sightings at the same locations near urban areas," said a government employee in the town of Takinoue, where the body of a suspected brown bear attack victim whose gender has not been confirmed yet was found on a mountain.

An employee of the district forest office traveling by car found the collapsed victim bleeding heavily from head wounds around 2 p.m. on July 12 in a lump of grass along a forest road in the town, and informed Monbetsu Police Station.

Comment: Body of suspected bear attack victim found on Hokkaido forest road in Japan - 2nd such fatality in 10 days

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13-year-old girl killed by pack of dogs in Fort Defiance, Arizona

Gino Spocchia
Independent (UK)
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:31 UTC
dog attack
The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was killed by a pack of dogs on the Navajo Nation has said she "never thought that would happen".

Lyssa Rose Upshaw was walking in Fort Fefiance, a county within the Navajo Nation and Arizona, when dogs are thought to have attacked her in mid-May.

The girl's mother, Marissa Jones, found her daughter's body curled up on a dirt track and covered in dirt. She told the Associated Press that she suspected dogs, although she was waiting for confirmation from officials.

An autopsy requested by the AP confirmed that the teenager had died from a dog attack, and that it was accidental. The autopsy was carried out by the medical examiner's office in Coconino County, Arizona.

The report follows Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez recently vetoing a bill that would hold dog and animal owners accountable for attacks. It is not currently tribal law.
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Attention

Mass death of hundreds of flamingos at drying Turkish lake


Daily Sabah
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:18 UTC
DEAD
Hundreds of baby and adult flamingos were found dead on a dried part of Lake Tuz (Salt Lake) in the central Turkish province of Konya over the past week, prompting renewed emphasis on the impact of drought on the ecosystem.

The lake - the second largest in Turkey and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world - is among the favorite habitat of migratory animals and has long been a hatching ground for flamingos. Though it is shallow and gets little precipitation throughout the year, its salty nature is conducive to the nesting of migratory birds. However, the drought stemming from climate change has led to a recession of lake's waters, making finding food a challenge for flamingos.

Carcasses of birds now dot the lake's parts in the Cihanbeyli district of Konya. The birds had arrived to the lake in March for their incubation season. Mehmet Emin Öztürk, a nature photographer who is a frequent visitor to the area in the summer, says Lake Tuz had been "a paradise for flamingos, but now (it has) turned into a nightmare."

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 7 cattle in Estonia


news.err.ee
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:09 UTC
lightning
Six cows and a bull were killed after being struck by lightning at a farm in Pärnu County, newspaper Maaleht reported on Tuesday.

Saareõue OÜ farm, which breeds and raises Aberdeen Angus cattle, lost seven animals - a bull, three cows and three one-year-old heifers - overnight during a thunderstorm. The owners are convinced they were killed by a lightning strike.

The owners discovered the animals under a tree where they had been sheltering and described the scene as looking like a horror movie.

"You think that such things happen somewhere in South America or the Amazon, but you can't think that it could happen on your farm," said Maarja Baumann, owner of Saareõue OÜ, who said the situation could never be prevented as it cannot be predicted where lightning will strike.

The farm now quickly needs to find a new breeding bull but finding one which meets the required standard may be difficult, the newspaper reported.
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Attention

Body of suspected bear attack victim found on Hokkaido forest road in Japan - 2nd such fatality in 10 days


Mainichi
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:36 UTC
In this June 2015 file photo, a brown bear is seen in the Hokkaido town of Shari.
© Mainichi/Hiroaki Homma
In this June 2015 file photo, a brown bear is seen in the Hokkaido town of Shari.
The body of a person believed to have been attacked by a brown bear was found along a forest road in the town of Takinoue, Hokkaido, on July 12, police said.

Hokkaido Prefectural Police's Monbetsu Police Station is trying to identify the individual and the cause of their death. The gender of the body was not immediately known.

According to the police station, an employee of the district forest office called police at around 2:30 p.m. on July 12, saying, "Someone has collapsed."

The body had sustained wounds to the head, and a backpack and other belongings were found nearby. Animal dung was also spotted near the scene.

Comment: From the same news outlet on July 3:
Body of suspected bear attack victim found in Hokkaido town

An unidentified body has been found in bushes in a Hokkaido town in what appears to be a bear attack, police said.

The remains, of unknown sex, were found in the Hokkaido town of Fukushima at around 10:20 a.m. on July 2. As it is severely damaged with some parts missing, Hokkaido Prefectural Police's Matsumae Police Station suspects that the person was attacked by a brown bear. A woman in her 70s in the neighborhood is missing, and police believe the body may be hers. They are working to identify the body.

According to the police station, the woman left her home on the morning of July 1 to work in her farm field. She did not come home that evening and her relatives contacted police the following morning. The body was found approximately 30 meters from the field during a search by officers and town hall staff.


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Doberman

Girl dies following dog attack at home in Belgium

Brian Rodriguez
aviationanalysis.net
Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:22 UTC
dog attack
An 8-year-old girl died last night in the Belgian village of Stribe Brackenes after being attacked by a dog. This was reported by various French-speaking media. The girl was alone with the dog at home and was found by her mother when she came home.

The mother found her daughter in critical condition when she returned home around 11 p.m. The girl died of her injuries in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Firefighters and police who arrived at the scene noticed that the dog - the American Stafford - was still very aggressive. According to the prosecutor, the officers had no choice but to shoot the dog.

There were two other dogs in the same house but they did not appear to be involved in the attack. The three dogs belong to the mother's partner. A judicial investigation has begun.
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