Roundup of Animal Attacks Since Mid 2016 to Current
Posted by Animal Attacks Blog on Friday, June 2, 2017
Salient: Pit bull dog attacks have been recurring with all too much frequency in the past several months. Of these incidents, toddler aged children have been amongst the victims.
Recent:
http://nypost.com/2017/06/02/elephant-tramples-family-to-death-during-rampage/
Ganeshapuram, Coimbatore, when the massive male pachyderm — which had recently strayed into encroaching human habitation from nearby Madukkarai forests — barged inside around 3:30 a.m., killing her, The Hindu reported.
“The elephant first entered a house and attacked a family that was asleep. It lifted a 12-year girl with its trunk and flung her to the ground, causing her to die on the spot,”
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May 2017:
May 29, 2017: Hamerton Park Zoo in Cambridgeshire, UK, death of a 33 yr old female zookeeper, animal enclosure, where a tiger had attacked her, appear to be 'somewhat urbanized' white tigers
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Monday, May 29, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 3-Week Old Baby Girl in Grand Rapids, Michigan
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/05/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-kills-baby-grand-rapids.html
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Mid May 2017
Marina dock western Vancouver, Canada, girl snatched into water by sea lion through bite on dress, just after she sat down on ledge abutting the water, victim treated for infection
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills Baby in Northwest Las Vegas
6 month old baby girl the victim
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/05/dog-bite-fatality-family-pit-bull-mix-kills-baby-las-vegas.html
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"A 1-year-old girl was attacked and seriously injured by her family’s pit bull inside their Queens [NY] home, police sources said."
http://nypost.com/2017/05/02/familys-pit-bull-attacks-1-year-old-girl/
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Harmony Park Safari in Huntsville, kangaroo attacks 9 yr old girl, reached through wire fence
http://nypost.com/2017/05/09/girl-injured-in-terrifying-kangaroo-attack-at-zoo/
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman and Dog Killed by Two Pit Bulls While Walking in Neighborhood in Oklahoma City
victim female age 82
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-woman-dog-killed-by-pit-bulls-oklahoma.html
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April 2017:
Friday, April 28, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Mix Kills Female Owner in Upper Macungie Township
Dog kills woman in Upper Macungie
Ms Green, 32-years old, killed by her pit bull-mix in Upper Macungie Township (PA)
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-mix-kills-owner-upper-macungie.html
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Australia, "17-year-old was surfing with her dad near the Kelp Beds surfing break, off of Esperance, at the same beach where a surfer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack in 2014."
http://www.newser.com/story/241423/teen-surfer-killed-by-shark-in-australia.html
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Rockland NY
"Ferocious pit bull that has previously terrorized residents of a Rockland County town attacked a toddler as he played with other kids on an area street, leaving him mauled on the face and in need of stitches, officials said Friday." based on the video, the behavior o the dog was as though he had a one track-mind, charged in a straight line, attacked the boy, dropped the boy, then did a straddling attack dance, just like a trained dog takes down a burglar
Surveillance footage of the horrific attack, posted online, shows the dog charging at the 3-year-old, dragging and tossing him around like a rag doll at around 6 p.m. Thursday on North Cole Avenue in Spring Valley."
http://nypost.com/2017/04/21/helpless-child-mauled-by-pit-bull-while-playing-with-friends/
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Breaks Chain, Attacks and Kills Man in Dayton, Ohio
man killed by chained pit bull in Dayton
Mr Brown, 60-years old, mauled to death by pit bull in Dayton, Ohio.
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-breaks-chain-kills-man-dayton.html
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March 2017:
End of March 2017: "A herd of elephants has attacked a group of wildlife park employees in South Africa, trampling one to death and seriously injuring another, the AP reports. South Africa's national parks service said Friday that the incident occurred Thursday afternoon near a camp in the flagship Kruger National Park."
http://www.newser.com/story/240632/park-employee-killed-in-elephant-herd-attack.html
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"A seven-year-old boy needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a flock of aggressive seagulls."
http://nypost.com/2017/03/28/they-were-so-vicious-boy-injured-in-violent-seagull-attack/
southernmost area of UK mainland, Plymouth
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Man mauled to death by his dog 'in front of BBC crew'
Mr. M. Perivoitos, 41, died in hospital after being attacked by his own pet inside his north London flat
29 MAR 2017
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/take-dog-me-horrifying-screams-10119765
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"Kayaker is seen attacked by a great white shark in California’s Monterey Bay."
http://nypost.com/2017/05/29/the-moment-great-white-shark-attacks-kayaker/
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Sulawesi, Indonesia
http://www.newser.com/story/240487/villagers-find-missing-man-inside-a-python.html
"The body of a 25-year-old man who vanished in a remote village in Indonesia has been found—in the belly of a 23-foot-long [appears to be a pale blue-gray python] snake"
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January 2017:
"Leopard terrorizes town in India, injuring 20
January 3, 2017
More than 20 residents of Raiganj, India, were injured while trying to subdue a wild leopard that ran loose in their town. The giant cat was eventually caught, but only after evading capture multiple times."
http://nypost.com/video/leopard-terrorizes-town-in-india-injuring-20/
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Mid February 2017:
Pit bull attack on 5yr old in Brooklyn NY, in his house
http://nypost.com/2017/02/17/child-in-serious-condition-after-being-mauled-by-dog/
Story 2/17
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Mastiff mauls 75 year old had cancer owner wee hours of morning in her residence, preempting the carrying out of having the dog euthanized, Queens, NY area
http://nypost.com/2017/02/13/woman-fatally-mauled-by-recently-adopted-dog/
Story 2/13
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2016:
Story December 2016
http://nypost.com/2016/12/28/herd-of-elephants-attacks-village/
KATHMANDU, Nepal – A herd of elephants attacked a village in southwest Nepal on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said.
Government official Dilli Ram Acharya said the elephants attacked Praseni village at dawn, when there was not much light and poor visibility due to winter fog.
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November 2016:
Black bear attack in driveway of home in rural Frederick
ETIS comments: seen what might appear to be a few black bears resembling this one on the side of RT 70 out that way back in about 2008
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August 2016:
Family Saves 4-Year-Old Girl From Mountain Lion
Attack occurred while they were camping in Idaho
By Newser Editors, Newser Staff
Posted Aug 15, 2016 4:00 AM CDT
http://www.newser.com/story/229657/family-saves-4-year-old-girl-from-mountain-lion.html
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Mid July 2016:
"Siberian tigers killed a woman and seriously injured her daughter Saturday after the pair left their vehicle in a drive-thru wildlife park in China. Surveillance video from Badaling Wildlife World, located near a section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing"
http://www.newser.com/story/228623/mom-killed-trying-to-rescue-daughter-from-tiger-attack.html
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June 2016:
Alligator in Florida seen with man in its mouth
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Credits:
Recent:
http://nypost.com/2017/06/02/elephant-tramples-family-to-death-during-rampage/
Ganeshapuram, Coimbatore, when the massive male pachyderm — which had recently strayed into encroaching human habitation from nearby Madukkarai forests — barged inside around 3:30 a.m., killing her, The Hindu reported.
“The elephant first entered a house and attacked a family that was asleep. It lifted a 12-year girl with its trunk and flung her to the ground, causing her to die on the spot,”
>
May 2017:
May 29, 2017: Hamerton Park Zoo in Cambridgeshire, UK, death of a 33 yr old female zookeeper, animal enclosure, where a tiger had attacked her, appear to be 'somewhat urbanized' white tigers
>
Monday, May 29, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills 3-Week Old Baby Girl in Grand Rapids, Michigan
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/05/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-kills-baby-grand-rapids.html
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Mid May 2017
Marina dock western Vancouver, Canada, girl snatched into water by sea lion through bite on dress, just after she sat down on ledge abutting the water, victim treated for infection
>
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Family Pit Bull Kills Baby in Northwest Las Vegas
6 month old baby girl the victim
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/05/dog-bite-fatality-family-pit-bull-mix-kills-baby-las-vegas.html
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"A 1-year-old girl was attacked and seriously injured by her family’s pit bull inside their Queens [NY] home, police sources said."
http://nypost.com/2017/05/02/familys-pit-bull-attacks-1-year-old-girl/
>
Harmony Park Safari in Huntsville, kangaroo attacks 9 yr old girl, reached through wire fence
http://nypost.com/2017/05/09/girl-injured-in-terrifying-kangaroo-attack-at-zoo/
>
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Woman and Dog Killed by Two Pit Bulls While Walking in Neighborhood in Oklahoma City
victim female age 82
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-woman-dog-killed-by-pit-bulls-oklahoma.html
>
April 2017:
Friday, April 28, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull-Mix Kills Female Owner in Upper Macungie Township
Dog kills woman in Upper Macungie
Ms Green, 32-years old, killed by her pit bull-mix in Upper Macungie Township (PA)
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-mix-kills-owner-upper-macungie.html
>
Australia, "17-year-old was surfing with her dad near the Kelp Beds surfing break, off of Esperance, at the same beach where a surfer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack in 2014."
http://www.newser.com/story/241423/teen-surfer-killed-by-shark-in-australia.html
>
Rockland NY
"Ferocious pit bull that has previously terrorized residents of a Rockland County town attacked a toddler as he played with other kids on an area street, leaving him mauled on the face and in need of stitches, officials said Friday." based on the video, the behavior o the dog was as though he had a one track-mind, charged in a straight line, attacked the boy, dropped the boy, then did a straddling attack dance, just like a trained dog takes down a burglar
Surveillance footage of the horrific attack, posted online, shows the dog charging at the 3-year-old, dragging and tossing him around like a rag doll at around 6 p.m. Thursday on North Cole Avenue in Spring Valley."
http://nypost.com/2017/04/21/helpless-child-mauled-by-pit-bull-while-playing-with-friends/
>
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
2017 Dog Bite Fatality: Pit Bull Breaks Chain, Attacks and Kills Man in Dayton, Ohio
man killed by chained pit bull in Dayton
Mr Brown, 60-years old, mauled to death by pit bull in Dayton, Ohio.
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2017/04/dog-bite-fatality-pit-bull-breaks-chain-kills-man-dayton.html
>
March 2017:
End of March 2017: "A herd of elephants has attacked a group of wildlife park employees in South Africa, trampling one to death and seriously injuring another, the AP reports. South Africa's national parks service said Friday that the incident occurred Thursday afternoon near a camp in the flagship Kruger National Park."
http://www.newser.com/story/240632/park-employee-killed-in-elephant-herd-attack.html
>
"A seven-year-old boy needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a flock of aggressive seagulls."
http://nypost.com/2017/03/28/they-were-so-vicious-boy-injured-in-violent-seagull-attack/
southernmost area of UK mainland, Plymouth
>
Man mauled to death by his dog 'in front of BBC crew'
Mr. M. Perivoitos, 41, died in hospital after being attacked by his own pet inside his north London flat
29 MAR 2017
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/take-dog-me-horrifying-screams-10119765
>
"Kayaker is seen attacked by a great white shark in California’s Monterey Bay."
http://nypost.com/2017/05/29/the-moment-great-white-shark-attacks-kayaker/
>
Sulawesi, Indonesia
http://www.newser.com/story/240487/villagers-find-missing-man-inside-a-python.html
"The body of a 25-year-old man who vanished in a remote village in Indonesia has been found—in the belly of a 23-foot-long [appears to be a pale blue-gray python] snake"
>
January 2017:
"Leopard terrorizes town in India, injuring 20
January 3, 2017
More than 20 residents of Raiganj, India, were injured while trying to subdue a wild leopard that ran loose in their town. The giant cat was eventually caught, but only after evading capture multiple times."
http://nypost.com/video/leopard-terrorizes-town-in-india-injuring-20/
>
Mid February 2017:
Pit bull attack on 5yr old in Brooklyn NY, in his house
http://nypost.com/2017/02/17/child-in-serious-condition-after-being-mauled-by-dog/
Story 2/17
>
Mastiff mauls 75 year old had cancer owner wee hours of morning in her residence, preempting the carrying out of having the dog euthanized, Queens, NY area
http://nypost.com/2017/02/13/woman-fatally-mauled-by-recently-adopted-dog/
Story 2/13
>
2016:
Story December 2016
http://nypost.com/2016/12/28/herd-of-elephants-attacks-village/
KATHMANDU, Nepal – A herd of elephants attacked a village in southwest Nepal on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said.
Government official Dilli Ram Acharya said the elephants attacked Praseni village at dawn, when there was not much light and poor visibility due to winter fog.
>
November 2016:
Black bear attack in driveway of home in rural Frederick
ETIS comments: seen what might appear to be a few black bears resembling this one on the side of RT 70 out that way back in about 2008
>
August 2016:
Family Saves 4-Year-Old Girl From Mountain Lion
Attack occurred while they were camping in Idaho
By Newser Editors, Newser Staff
Posted Aug 15, 2016 4:00 AM CDT
http://www.newser.com/story/229657/family-saves-4-year-old-girl-from-mountain-lion.html
>
Mid July 2016:
"Siberian tigers killed a woman and seriously injured her daughter Saturday after the pair left their vehicle in a drive-thru wildlife park in China. Surveillance video from Badaling Wildlife World, located near a section of the Great Wall of China in Beijing"
http://www.newser.com/story/228623/mom-killed-trying-to-rescue-daughter-from-tiger-attack.html
>
June 2016:
Alligator in Florida seen with man in its mouth
>>
Credits:
- http://www.newser.com/tag/8303/1/animal-attack.html
- NY Post
- Blog.dogsbite.org
