Animals

Photos show unexplained cattle mutilation in Australia - Dead cows found in paddock with udders, ears and tongues removed

Tara Cassidy
ABC News
Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:37 UTC

A north Queensland couple has been left baffled by a bizarre finding on their property, which seems like something straight from a horror film.

Graziers Mick and Judy Cook were working on their property in Cloverly, north-west of Mackay, when Mr Cook noticed a dead cow carcass which appeared to have had its body mutilated, with its entire udder, ears and tongue removed.

Warning: This story contains images and content that some readers may find disturbing.

"It was like it had been surgically removed, I certainly couldn't do as neat a job with a very sharp knife, and it definitely wasn't an animal," Mr Cook said.

"I thought at first it might have been poisoned, but then I got closer ... I saw the body parts missing, there was no blood, even where the parts had been removed, no sign of struggle, just dead.

Comment: There's also the unexplained cases of 1,600 people who went missing from public lands without a trace:

And for a possible explanation on the animal mutilation phenomena, see: Global animal mutilations still defies explanation

See also:

And check out SOTT radio's: SOTT Podcast: Channeling and Alien Abduction

Woman dies of heart attack while being mauled by pit bull terrier in Proctor, Missouri

Matthew Sanders
abc17news.com
Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:22 UTC

Authorities later killed the animal

A woman died of a heart attack Saturday in Morgan County after being attacked by a dog.

Sheriff Norman Dills said the death happened in the Proctor area when a 61-year-old woman was attacked by a dog she was caring for and suffered the fatal heart attack. The dog attacked a man who came to check on the 61-year-old woman and he had to be taken to a hospital to have surgery for the wounds, Dills said.

He had been released from the hospital by Wednesday, Dillon said.

The incident took place inside a home and the dog, a pit bull that was acting aggressively when first responders arrived, was killed by authorities, Dills said.

'They've never been this hungry': Farmers warned of wild animal attacks as feral pigs and wild dogs starve during record drought in Australia

Sahar Mourad
Daily Mail
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:53 UTC

Farmers have been warned they could suffer attack from feral pigs, wild boars, foxes and dingoes that are desperate for food because of the drought

Farmers have been warned their livestock is being attacked by feral pigs, wild boars, foxes and dingoes as the wild animals are starved by the drought.

Central Tablelands Local Land Services (CTLLS) in is offering services for farmers in and around the NSW towns of Oberon, Mudgee and Cowra to tackle the predators as spring begins.

Senior biosecurity officer Alistair Gordon-Smith said it's important that farmers start planning their bait before the mating season kicks off.

'It's been a dry, hard winter and feral pigs and wild dogs are looking for food for spring litters of piglets and pups,' he said.

'Newborn calves and lambs are extremely vulnerable to pest predators, so it's timely for landholders to start planning their baiting regime now.'

Charges for the service have also been dropped to assist all farmers with accessing bait-handling certification.

Woman mauled to death by pit bull she adopted 2 weeks prior in Columbia, Maryland

Paul Wagner
fox5dc.com
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:26 UTC

A woman was mauled to death by a pit bull in Maryland just two weeks after she adopted the dog, according to officials.

Howard County police said they were called to a home on Tamar Drive in Columbia at about 7:20 p.m. on Monday.

When officers arrived at the scene, they said 64-year-old Robin Conway was found dead in her backyard. Authorities said Conway was mauled by a pit bull she had just adopted two weeks prior.

"My sister was an animal person. My sister was a caring person. When we went to make service arrangements, the person said, 'wow, she had hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of friends,'" Conway's sister Susan LeClair told FOX 5. "Robin gave her time and gave herself to the animals. She was wonderful."

Found: The earliest hominid with a cavity

Ross Pomeroy
Real Clear Science
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 03:47 UTC

Austria of 12.5 million years ago seems to have been a very hospitable home for Dryopithecus carinthiacus. The forested landscape treated the now extinct ape, which measured roughly four feet in length and resembled a mix between a monkey and a chimpanzee, to a veritable feast of fruits. For nine to ten months out of the year, Dryopithecus could gorge on early forms of plums, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries, and various citrus fruits. But eating all of those sugar-rich fruits may have come with a downside of which modern humans are quite aware: tooth decay.

In new study published in PLoS ONE, German researchers Jochen Fuss, Gregor Uhlig, and Madelaine Böhme revealed the earliest known cavity in hominids, a group which includes modern humans, human ancestors, and many apes. A 12.5 million-year-old Dryopithecus dubbed LMK-Pal 5508 found near St. Stefan, Austria had deep lesions in its left molars that likely required several years to form (see picture at top). Moreover, signs of wear observed on the right tooth row indicated that the individual likely experienced a painful toothache, the researchers speculated.

While cavities are well known to modern humans, they are quite rare in our ape relatives. Cavities occur in just 1.38% of the permanent teeth of wild chimpanzees, the researchers reported. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 92% of American adults aged 20-64 have had a cavity.

11-year-old boy mauled by dogs dies in Bengaluru hospital, India

Avinash Bhat
New Indian Express
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 14:51 UTC

11-year-old boy Praveen who was mauled by stray dogs on Wednesday afternoon in Vibhutipura succumbed to his injuries at 8.30 pm on Saturday, Manipal Hospital authorities said.

"We regret to inform the sad demise of an 11-year-old boy at the Paediatric ICU of our hospital at about 8:30 pm. He was on advanced life support systems including ECMO and CRRT. He had septic shock and multi organ failure. Our deepest condolences to the entire family," said a statement from Dr. Anoop Amarnath, Chief of Clinical Services, Manipal Hospital.

Alligator attacks are on the rise in Florida

Daniel Figueroa IV,
San Francisco Chronicle
Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:45 UTC

As Felicitie Gillette entered the waters of Lake Hernando, there was no way for her to know she'd soon become the latest statistic in an alarming and exceptionally Floridian trend — alligator attacks.

The American alligator, one of the Sunshine State's most ubiquitous reptiles, wasn't always so. At one point, they were hunted to near extinction and placed on the endangered species list until it was taken off in 1987.

Since then, scientists say, gator attacks have been on the rise in Florida.

Humans may be to blame.

According to Inside Science, a science news publication, gator bites in Florida "have been on the rise, increasing from an average of just one every three years between 1988 and 1999 to about seven per year between 2000 and 2016."

Statistics from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission differ, but still show an increase in the number of alligator bites suffered by humans since gators came off the endangered species list. Bites have increased from about six per year from 1971 through 1986 to about 10 per year from 1987 through 2017, according to FWC data.

Comment: Attacks for the last 14 months include: Woman fights off alligator while swimming in lake in Hernando, Florida

Woman killed by alligator while walking her dog in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Deputy opens fire on alligator that chased girl up a tree at Freak Creek, Florida

Missing Florida woman's arm found in alligator

Man attacked by alligator at retention pond in Charlotte, Florida; 5th attack for the area in 3 weeks

Mounting dolphin deaths in Florida's red tide zone trigger federal investigation - 41 died in August

Jenny Staletovich
Miami Herald
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:06 UTC

Federal wildlife officials have opened an investigation into dolphin deaths off Southwest Florida, where a red tide is suspected of killing 41 dolphins in August alone amid widespread fish kills across five counties.

In a briefing Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was declaring the deaths an "unusual mortality event," allowing the agency to corral resources to research the ongoing deaths linked to the algae bloom. Since the 1990s, the agency has declared four similar red tide dolphin die-offs in the Gulf. Three occurred in the Panhandle and one, during a 17-month long tide that ended in 2006, covered the entire west coast.

"As we go through this event, if it's truly red tide, you may see a shift in the type and what the strandings look like," said veterinarian Teri Rowles, coordinator for NOAA's Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Program.

Dead whale found off Pilbara coast, Australia

Tom Zaunmayr
The West Australian
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 11:44 UTC

They're everywhere! dozens of tiger sharks have been filmed feeding on a whale carcass found floating north east of Karratha on Saturday

A whale carcass has been found floating off the Pilbara coast near Wickham, about 50km north-east of Karratha.

The dead whale was spotted on Saturday morning by Hone Heke drifting east of the shipping channel 18km offshore from Point Samson.

A video and photos taken by Mr Heke show several tiger sharks feeding on the carcass.

Mr Heke urged caution to any spear fisherman out in the area this weekend.

The Department of Fisheries has been notified.

Minke whale found dead off Prince Edward Island, Canada

CBC News
Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:19 UTC

The whale measured about seven metres long, says the man who found it.

Local man found beached whale around 3 p.m. Wednesday

A beached minke whale was found dead off West Cape, P.E.I., on Wednesday afternoon.

The whale was already dead when a local man came across it at about 3 p.m. The man said he measured the whale at about seven metres (24 feet) long.

A spokesperson for DFO confirmed to CBC News that the agency is aware a minke whale washed up in the area.

"Fishery officers will visit the site and take measurements and photos of the whale," reads a statement from DFO.

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Animals

Photos show unexplained cattle mutilation in Australia - Dead cows found in paddock with udders, ears and tongues removed

Woman dies of heart attack while being mauled by pit bull terrier in Proctor, Missouri

'They've never been this hungry': Farmers warned of wild animal attacks as feral pigs and wild dogs starve during record drought in Australia

Woman mauled to death by pit bull she adopted 2 weeks prior in Columbia, Maryland

Found: The earliest hominid with a cavity

11-year-old boy mauled by dogs dies in Bengaluru hospital, India

Alligator attacks are on the rise in Florida

Mounting dolphin deaths in Florida's red tide zone trigger federal investigation - 41 died in August

Dead whale found off Pilbara coast, Australia

Minke whale found dead off Prince Edward Island, Canada

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