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10 month-old girl killed in dog attack in Willow Spring, North Carolina


The Herald Sun
Thu, 27 May 2021 12:59 UTC
dog attack
A 10-month-old girl died Tuesday after being attacked by two family dogs, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office said.

Capt. Jeff Caldwell said in a news release that deputies responding to a report of an animal attack in Willow Spring found Scott Winberry trying to help his injured daughter, Malia Scott Winberry. Deputies learned that family pets had violently attacked Malia and they joined her father's efforts to help until EMS units took over care.

The girl was soon pronounced dead, officials said. Investigators quickly determined that the incident was an accident.

News outlets report that Sheriff Steve Bizzell said the attack happened after the father stepped out of the house to speak with a neighbor.

The father is a law enforcement officer in Wake County and the mother worked for Johnston County's EMS, he said.

Johnston County Animal Control has seized the two Rottweilers involved in the attack.


Source: AP
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Western Australia shark attack survivor says animal 'grabbed his arm like a dog grips a bone'

Syan Dougherty and Lucy Quaggin
7NEWS
Wed, 26 May 2021 19:24 UTC
He’s spoken about his ordeal.
© 7NEWS
He’s spoken about his ordeal.
A fisherman has spoken out about surviving a terrifying shark attack as he went diving with friends in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Brett Highlands told 7NEWS a shark grabbed his arm like a dog grips a bone - before he used his spear to escape the jaws of a killer.

For a split second, Brett thought he was about to die in the sea off Broome, but he survived to tell the tale.

He was spear-fishing with mates in remote waters - 50 kilometres north of Broome on Friday for his 48th birthday.

"Really dark blue, eerie, there was a lot of unusual fish in the water," he said.

Suddenly, Brett became the bait.

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Tigers kill two zookeepers in separate China attacks - a third killed in India

James Griffiths
CNN
Wed, 26 May 2021 19:07 UTC
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Two zookeepers have been killed by tigers this week at separate zoos in China, according to state media.

In the first incident Sunday, a 55-year-old keeper surnamed Yang was mauled to death by a tiger as he cleaned its cage at a zoo in eastern Anhui province, state media reported.

Yang had been a tiger handler at the Zhanggongshan Zoo in Bengbu for nearly two decades, the state-run Global Times newspaper reported.

On Tuesday, police shot two tigers dead after they mauled a zookeeper during feeding time and escaped their enclosure at a park in central Henan province. The keeper, surnamed Jia, was hospitalized and later died of his injuries.

Comment: Details of the attack in India on May 18:
Tiger Mauls Zoo keeper To Death In Itanagar Zoo

Palash Karmakar, a zoo keeper has been attacked and killed by a Royal Bengal tigress in Itanagar Zoo on Tuesday afternoon. Poulash Karmakar is a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam's Lakhimpur district.

35-year old Palash on Tuesday when entered Tiger's enclosure for cleaning , Tigeress attacked him, a report said. Palash had gone inside to clean the water body.

The name of the tigress that mauled Karmakar is Chippi and she is about 8 years old.

Preliminary investigation indicated that the door of the Royal Bengal tiger's cage was not closed after feeding allowing it to come out and pounce upon the 35-year-old Karmakar, killing him instantly.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at Itanagar police station.
These big cats have also been busy in the wild of late, see: 3 women killed by tigers in one day in Maharashtra, India

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Cloud Lightning

42 cows killed by lightning bolt that also hit farmer in China

John Feng
Newsweek
Tue, 25 May 2021 10:02 UTC
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A farmer in southern China lost 42 cows when he and his cattle herd were struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Monday.

Officials in the town of Sanjia, which is in Dongfang in the Chinese province of Hainan, said the victim was knocked unconscious by the bolt of electricity, but he was not in any life-threatening condition.

Footage circulating on Chinese social media sites showed villagers and local government officials surveying the farm following the freak weather incident. The lifeless brown cattle can be seen scattered across the field while survivors remain cooped up nearby.

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Doberman

Stray dog bites, kills 59-year-old woman in South Korea


Korea Bizwire
Mon, 24 May 2021 10:35 UTC
dog attack
A woman was mauled to death by a stray dog in a suburb near Seoul on Saturday afternoon.

The 59-year-old died of excessive bleeding a few hours after the dog bit her neck.

The dog's attack was filmed by a closed circuit camera set up in the neighborhood, and police later captured the dog, which looked like a hybrid of Pungsan Dog and Samoyed.

This is not an isolated incident at a time when many pedigreed dogs end up on city streets and turn into strays, baring fangs and attacking people and livestock alike.
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German cows delayed annual trip to the Alps because thick layers of snow are still blanketing pastures

Rebecca Staudenmaier
Deutsche Welle
Sun, 23 May 2021 11:43 UTC
By this time, farmers normally start bringing their cows into the mountains

By this time, farmers normally start bringing their cows into the mountains
For tens of thousands of cows, their summer grazing in the Bavarian Alps will have to wait. Thick layers of snow are still blanketing their pastures — but the cold and wet aren't all bad, say experts.

Cows in southern Germany will have to stay in their stalls a little longer, as their grazing pastures in the Alps are still covered in snow, German media reported on Sunday.

At this time of year, farmers traditionally begin transporting tens of thousands of cattle up into the Alps for the summer, before driving them back down into the valleys in autumn.

What is the situation?

With pastures covered and mountain roads tricky to navigate, the traditional cattle drive will have to wait, news agency dpa reported.

Local business associations in the regions of Allgäu and Upper Bavaria said most farmers will need to wait another two weeks before releasing their cows into the mountainous pastures.

For areas that are even higher up — some farmers might have to wait until mid-June, the associations said.


Comment: A video of the snowy, wintry conditions in the nearby Austrian Alps on May 19:



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Dead whale washes up on California beach - 12th since February in San Francisco Bay area

Jared Leone
kiro7.com
Sat, 22 May 2021 10:29 UTC
A dead whale washed up on a beach in Pacifica.
© Marine Mammal Center
A dead whale washed up on a beach in Pacifica.
A dead whale washed ashore Friday morning on a California beach, the 12th dead whale to be found since February in the San Francisco Bay area.

Wildlife officials with the Marine Mammal Center said the whale washed ashore around 3 p.m. at Pacifica State Beach, KTVU reported.

The species is unknown because of the advanced state of decomposition. A necropsy, which determines cause of death, will not be conducted.

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Black Cat

3 women killed by tigers in one day in Maharashtra, India

Mazhar Ali
Times of India
Thu, 20 May 2021 09:18 UTC
Tiger
Three women were killed in separate incidents of tiger attack in Bhadravati, Sindewahi and Saoli ranges on Wednesday.

All of them had gone out in the forest to collect tendu leaves and fodder for cattle.

One Sita Chouke (63) from Kokewada village had gone to survey no. 34 in revenue forest in Navegaon round of Sindewahi range with other women in the morning.

While she was busy collecting tendu leaves, a tiger attacked and killed her.

In the second incident, a woman was killed in area under Ordnance Factory Chanda, falling under Chaprala beat of Bhadravati range.
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Alaska man survives attack by brown bear that bit his head

David Williams
The Mercury News
Thu, 20 May 2021 10:32 UTC
bear
An Alaska man was able to bind up his wounds and call 911 after being mauled by a brown bear that bit him multiple times on the head.

Allen Minish, 61, was conducting a land survey near Gulkana when "he unknowingly walked up on an adult brown bear," according to a dispatch from Alaska State Troopers Department of Public Safety.

Minish was alone and about half mile from the road when the bear charged him, the report said.

"All of the sudden, I looked up, and about 30 feet away, there was this nice-sized brown bear," Minish told CNN affiliate KTUU. "And it looked at me, and it came at me. And I thought, 'Great.'"

Minish tried to take shelter behind some shrubs, but they didn't provide any protection, he told KTUU. He fell backwards as the bear approached him and grabbed it's lower jaw to try to keep it from biting him.
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Dead sperm whale washed off Antarvedi coast in Andhra Pradesh, India


The Hindu
Wed, 19 May 2021 17:57 UTC
A dead sperm whale washes ashore near Antarvedi coast in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.

A dead sperm whale washes ashore near Antarvedi coast in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.
A giant dead sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) was sighted by local fisherfolk off Antarvedi coast near the confluence point of river Godavari into Bay of Bengal in East Godavari district.

On being learnt about the marine species, a group of locals ventured into sea on a boat for nearly a few meters from the shore and sighted the dead sperm whale, bringing the sighting to the attention of officials and local communities on Tuesday. However, the exact reason its death is yet to be ascertained scientifically. It is believed that it might have washed ashore dead a few days ago.

Since 2010, many dead sperm whales have been recorded off the Andhra Pradesh coast.

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