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November 2008
- Boar Crashes Church Breakfast
  
  Der Spiegel | Nov 28, 08 6:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mothers and their children were eating breakfast in a Frankfurt church yesterday when a wild boar come crashing in through a glass door, Der Spiegel reports. The sow ran feverishly around the room and exited the same way it came in, leaving moms and kids standing on chairs and tables for cover. They were rattled, but unhurt; the evangelical church offered "psychological support" to any in need. More »
- Jogger Gives Rabid Fox a Run
  
  Daily Courier (Prescott, Ariz.) | Nov 6, 08 3:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - An Arizona woman ran about a mile with a rabid fox’s jaws clamped around her arm, the Prescott Daily Courier reports. A fox attacked Michelle Felicepta, 30, while she was jogging Monday, biting deeply into her arm. Knowing the fox would need to be tested, she ran the mile back to her car, choking the animal still chewing on her arm. More »
October 2008
- Liger Mauls Handler to Death
  
  Tulsa World | Oct 31, 08 12:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An animal handler at an Oklahoma refuge died yesterday after being attacked by a liger—a hybrid of a lion and a tiger—during the animal’s feeding Wednesday, the Tulsa World reports. Safari’s Animal Sanctuary in suburban Broken Arrow will launch an investigation into whether volunteer Peter Getz, 32, broke safety protocols by opening the liger’s cage during feeding. More »
- Tigers Turn to Humans After Floods
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 26, 08 6:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - First came the floods, now come the tigers. A remote village in West Bengal is dealing with a soaring number of tiger attacks since the powerful predators were driven across the border from Bangladesh by flooding. Villagers report 15 attacks already this year, six of them fatal, according to the Guardian . Crab fisherman wading alone through shallow waters are most often the victims, pounced on by tigers who drag them into the forest. More »
- Life With Wolves Has Couple in Own Reality-TV Pack
  
  Newsweek | Oct 22, 08 4:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A British authority on wolves is taking his fiancée into the wild, and bringing cameras along, Newsweek reports. Shaun Ellis, who has spent years living with wolf packs, coaxed Helen Jeffs from her job as a schoolteacher to live on a wildlife refuge where they eat raw meat and cavort with their lupine brethren for the Animal Planet show Living With the Wolfman . More »
- Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood
  
  New York Times | Oct 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With Halloween nearly upon us, the author of new book on bloodsucking creatures—vampire bats, bedbugs, leeches, and the like—leads the New York Times on a sanguivore safari. The world's bloodthirsty creatures vary enormously, as Bill Schutt details in Dark Banquet , and some are mere dabblers, but many specialists have evolved similar equipment: clot busters, natural painkillers—and very sharp teeth. More »
August 2008
- Crazed Police Horse Kills Football Fan
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Aug 31, 08 8:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An elderly San Francisco 49ers football fan suffered a fatal head injury when he was knocked to the ground by a runaway police horse, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The horse panicked when a white plastic bag blowing in the wind became entangled in his reins. He tumbled to the ground, unseating his rider before racing off and careening into the fan, 78, who died yesterday in a local hospital. More »
- Tenn. Dad Saves Son From Bear
  
  Knoxville News Sentinel | Aug 13, 08 7:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A desperate dad pried open the jaws of a black bear and pelted him with rocks as the animal attacked his 8-year-old son during a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. "The bear was staring at me," said the boy, Evan Pala, who was near a creek when the attack occurred Monday. "He stood up and jumped on me. Before he even got me I called, 'Bear!'" More »
- A Shark-Hater Fesses Up
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 8, 08 12:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sharks were once eminently despicable creatures. Remember Jaws ? Now, though, perceptions have shifted—they’re seen as endangered, misunderstood animals who chomp humans only when they mistake them for seals. (That's why they take one bite and "sheepishly" move on.) It's a source of great disappointment to Joe Queenan, who laments in the Los Angeles Times that he just can't find an acceptable replacement for his hatred. More »
- Turtle Assists in Pot Bust
  
  Washington Post | Aug 1, 08 1:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Agent 99, watch out: A 6-inch-long box turtle known as "No. 72” may want your job. Washington, DC, police recently got an assist from No. 72 in making a drug bust, the Washington Post reports. One of several turtles fitted with transmitters that allow National Park Service researchers to track them, No. 72 happened to receive a visit from a scientist while plodding amid some suspicious plants. "I could tell they were marijuana plants," said Ken Ferebee. More »
July 2008
- Starving Russian Bears Menace Miners
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A pack of starving bears has surrounded a platinum mine in Russia's remote Kamchatka peninsula, the Los Angeles Times reports. Two guards have been eaten, and terrified miners are refusing to work. The government has sent a team of snipers to kill the ravenous bears, thought to be starving because of widespread salmon poaching. More »
- Beekeeping Hobbyists Spark Swarm of Controversy
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 11, 08 12:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Beekeeping is causing an unwanted buzz in some American towns as amateurs raise colonies for the love of it. As honeybees disappear from commercial hives, the ranks of hobbyist beekeepers have risen to some 100,000, reports the Wall Street Journal. Amid concerns the bees could zoom amok, some communities have imposed limits on who can handle the creatures, while others have simply banned the practice. More »
- 'Jaws' Visits Town That Made Him Famous
  
  Associated Press | Jul 11, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fears of a real-live great white shark gripped the island site of the film Jaws yesterday, closing two beaches amid unconfirmed reports of a sighting, the AP reports. A plane searched the waters around Martha’s Vineyard off Massachusetts but found no sign of such a beast. Great whites are rare but not unknown in New England, where Steven Spielberg filmed the 1974 movie. More »
June 2008
- Bear Mauls Girl in Alaska Bike Race
  
  Associated Press | Jun 30, 08 4:19 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race in Alaska was severely injured when she was attacked last night by a bear. She was able to make a brief emergency cell phone call and whisper the word "bear" that triggered an emergency search. The girl suffered head, neck, torso and leg wounds and was protected from even more serious wounds by her bike helmet. She underwent surgery and was in critical condition, police said. More »
- Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs
  
  Associated Press | Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Siegfried and Roy welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip yesterday. Siegfried Fischbacher said the new arrivals would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was partially paralyzed when a 380-pound white Bengal tiger sank his teeth into Horn's neck five years ago and crushed his windpipe. The two illusionists plan a one-night-only comeback in February. More »
- Sure, Pat That Nose— It's Only a Great White
  
  Smithsonian | Jun 1, 08 8:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Want to pat a great white shark's nose? Or ride its fin for 100 yards? Experts say the much-feared predators are so sociable and curious, you can swim with them or even tread water by their open jaws. "Unlike most fish, white sharks are intelligent, highly inquisitive creatures," one expert tells Paul Raffaele for his worldwide Smithsonian survey. More »
May 2008
- Texas Boy, 7, Killed by Pit Bulls
  
  Abilene Reporter-News | May 19, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A 7-year-old Texas boy was apparently mauled to death yesterday by two pit bulls, writes the Abilene Reporter. Police responding to a 911 call discovered Tanner Joshua Monk’s body on the side of a road, with two dogs nearby. The deputies were forced to kill the dogs, which belonged to a neighbor of Monk’s family, when the animals attacked them. More »
- Diving Pelican Leaves Swimmer in Stitches
  
  Tampa Tribune | May 11, 08 5:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A swimmer in Florida needed 20 stitches to her face after a pelican diving for a fish slammed into her. The big bird died in the collision near Tampa. "It was like I got punched in the face, super hard. Blood was gushing out," said the Ohio housecleaner who was on vacation. It was the first known case of such an encounter, officials said. Pelicans weigh as much as 30 pounds and dive from heights of 70 feet. More »
April 2008

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Boar Crashes Church Breakfast

Jogger Gives Rabid Fox a Run

Liger Mauls Handler to Death

Tigers Turn to Humans After Floods

Life With Wolves Has Couple in Own Reality-TV Pack

Author Offers Creepy Look at Critters With Taste for Blood

Crazed Police Horse Kills Football Fan

Tenn. Dad Saves Son From Bear

A Shark-Hater Fesses Up

Turtle Assists in Pot Bust

Starving Russian Bears Menace Miners

Beekeeping Hobbyists Spark Swarm of Controversy

'Jaws' Visits Town That Made Him Famous

Bear Mauls Girl in Alaska Bike Race

Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs

Sure, Pat That Nose— It's Only a Great White

Texas Boy, 7, Killed by Pit Bulls

Diving Pelican Leaves Swimmer in Stitches