The United States Postal Service is calling on Americans to keep their dogs under control while mail carriers make their deliveries. June 2-9 is the postal service’s Dog Bite Awareness Week, and this year’s theme is “Don’t let your dog bite the hand that serves you.” KTLA 5's Kareen Wynter reports. (June 5, 2024)
i agree with the elephant, i am compassionate with the human. the whole results from our inability to converse with animals.This video is terrible, the keeper or abuser of this elephant is literally beaten to a pulp.
They say elephants have a great memory, I can't imagine what that man owed the elephant.
animals dont speak, they act.An elderly woman was gored by a free-range buffalo in Yellowstone NL Park, WY.
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Fifty-eight hundred postal employees were attacked by dogs nationwide last year.
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Woman's 2023 death was first fatal black bear attack on a human in California records, officials say
June 6, 2024
DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A woman found dead last year in a mountain community was the victim of the first documented fatal black bear attack on a human in California, authorities said.
The death occurred in Downieville, a tiny town in the Sierra Nevada, two hours northeast of the state capital, Sacramento TV station KCRA reported Wednesday.
On Nov. 8, Sierra County sheriff’s deputies checking on the welfare of a resident who hadn’t been seen for a few days found a broken door and bear scat on the porch, Sheriff Mike Fisher told the station. Inside were the remains of Patrice Miller, 71.
“It appeared that the bear had probably been there several days and had been feeding on the remains,” Fisher said.
It was initially believed that Miller died before the arrival of the bear and that it may have been drawn by the scent.
Meanwhile, there were many reports from concerned citizens about a bear repeatedly returning to the house. A state depredation permit was issued and a bear was trapped on the property and euthanized, according to Fisher.
Then came the findings of Miller’s autopsy, which were first reported by The Mountain Messenger, a local weekly newspaper.
OMG, how horrific. I also can't imagine what he did to that elephant. The whole thing was surprising quick but awful to watch.This video is terrible, the keeper or abuser of this elephant is literally beaten to a pulp.
They say elephants have a great memory, I can't imagine what that man owed the elephant.
The whale was feeding and the boat was at the wrong place at the wrong time, that is what I think.Wow... Whales generally do not attack humans because they do not see us as a threat... or has that changed?
A black bear crawled inside a tent and attacked a 3-year-old girl late Sunday at a private campground south of Red Lodge, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park.
According to her family, Madison Findley-Dickson was released from a Billings hospital Tuesday, but still faces a long recovery from her injuries. The family is from the Spokane, Washington, area and was staying at Perry’s RV Park and Campground.
Madison was asleep in a tent when the bear entered it and attacked her around 10 p.m., according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP). The campground was evacuated after the attack.
Wildlife officials caught and killed the bear, a subadult female, the next day, according to FWP.
Wyoming Game and Fish personnel helped in a search for and capture of the bear, Dan Thompson, Game and Fish large carnivore specialist, told Cowboy State Daily.
The bear had no prior history of conflict with humans. It was likely drawn in because food, flavored drinks and other attractants were left unsecured around the campsite, FWP reports.
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for Madison and her family. As of Wednesday morning, it had raised nearly $3,500 of a $5,000 goal.
Similar Grizzly Attack Was Deadly
Sunday’s black bear attack was similar to a fatal Montana grizzly attack July 5, 2021.
California resident Leah Davis Lokan, 65, was dragged from her tent and killed by a grizzly bear near Ovando, Montana, which is roughly 50 miles from Missoula.
She and some friends were on a long-distance bicycle trip and had pitched their tents behind a museum in Ovando.
The bear first appeared at about 3 a.m. in the morning but was hazed away by the campers. It returned about an hour later and attacked and killed Lokan, according to news reports from the time.
That bear was probably drawn to the campsite by unsecured food, according to FWP.
FWP agents tracked the bear down and killed it several days later.
The bear, a large male, was thought to have previously attacked chicken coops in the area.
Mark Heinz can be reached at mark@cowboystatedaily.com.
A lonely dolphin that experts say is possibly sexually frustrated is believed to be behind a spate of attacks along the beaches of central Japan.
Dolphin attacks have left more than 45 people injured in Wakasa Bay, nearly 200 miles (320km) west of Tokyo, since 2022, with most of the recent ones occurring near the towns of Echizen and Mihama.
After examining photos and videos of some of the attacks from 2022 and 2023, experts concluded that they involved the same male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
The same animal could be behind this year’s attacks, said Ryoichi Matsubara, director of the Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Fukui, although he hasn’t reviewed more recent footage yet, The New York Times reported.
The dolphin might be displaying mating behaviour, he said, noting that it was seen attempting “to press his genitals against people” in 2022 and 2023. He added, however, that many injuries occurred as beachgoers approached or tried to touch the dolphin.
Putu Mustika, a marine researcher at James Cook University in Australia, told the newspaper that “dolphins, when they are mating, can be very wild”.
She said that lunging on top of a human could be a sexual act and a sign that this was a “horny, lonely dolphin”.
Ms Mustika noted that the dolphin might naturally be aggressive and grow irritated when people try to touch it.
Tadamichi Morisaka, a cetology professor at Japan’s Mie University, told the BBC: “It is reasonable to assume that it’s the same individual as the wounds on the tail fin are similar to those of the dolphins seen off the coast last year, and it is rare for dolphins, which normally move in groups, to be alone for such a long time.”
A bottlenose dolphin named Moko gained fame in New Zealand in the 2000s for its playful behaviour with swimmers, although it occasionally acted in unsettling ways, like preventing a woman from getting back to shore. In 2018, a French town temporarily banned swimming after a male bottlenose dolphin named Zafar began displaying sexual behaviour by rubbing against swimmers and boats.
Japanese authorities have tried several measures to deter people from getting close to dolphins and to prevent dolphin attacks. They have installed underwater acoustic devices that emit high-frequency sounds to keep the dolphins away, and put up warning signs and distributed flyers cautioning beachgoers that dolphins can bite or drag swimmers into the sea.
They have also reduced swimming hours at some beaches and increased lifeguard patrols.
A few years ago, marine expert Tetsuya Matsuoka, who manages the Notojima Aquarium in Nanao, told Asahi Shimbun: “People have this image of dolphins as cute creatures, but they are wild animals after all. You should not go near them or touch them because they have sharp teeth.”
I believe Japan has had earthquake activity lately. I read something that made me think of this story, so I will post the link (also has a video) and this is a quote from the person who posted it:Lonely or Agressvie
‘Lonely’ and sexually frustrated dolphin blamed for spate of attacks on beachgoers
Animal seen attempting ’to press his genitals against people’www.independent.co.uk