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Wild dogs which savage sheep are putting the Goldfields pastoral industry under serious threat, with the area in danger of becoming a feral wilderness, says a committee which manages outback pests. The Kalgoorlie Zone Control Authority has stood down in protest against a lack of State Government funds to fight the growing numbers of dogs…. Read More
Out of character for our Savage reputation, but completely irresistible. Berlin’s Tierpark Zoo proudly introduced on August 5th the newest addition to their animal population, a Siberian cub named Antares. The male cub was born on June 23, 2008 and got its name from a star in the Milky Way galaxy. Antares is the 121st… Read More
Marauding elephants, aggressive sea lions, snap-happy crocodiles… As animal attacks on humans reach frightening levels, scientists are beginning to understand exactly what the beasts are thinking. And it’s not good. One of the world’s leading ethologists (specialists in animal behaviour) believes that a critical point has been crossed and animals are beginning to snap back…. Read More
MOSCOW (AP) — A pack of enormous bears searching for food killed and ate two men at mines in Russia’s Pacific Kamchatka region and have kept hundreds of geologists and miners from reaching the mine, news agencies reported Wednesday. A pack of up to 30 Kamchatka bears — which are similar to grizzlies — prowled… Read More
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A young man who died when he slipped and fell off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was identified Saturday as a Canadian citizen. National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge says 19-year-old Mian Zhang died after falling about 250 feet. Oltrogge says Zhang was visiting the canyon with… Read More
ARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats. Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley… Read More
“Others were still missing after the huge serac broke and fell, sweeping away several climbers and stranding as many as a dozen mountaineers above a steep gully without ropes at a height of about 27,000 feet, not far from the summit.” The New York Times covers the story.
“BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON — It was a tragic ending Monday in the search for a 19-year-old Herriman girl. The body of Christina Traylor was found off the Moss Ledge trail, between Solitude and the S-curve in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Searchers estimated she fell 80 to 100 feet off a ledge to the rocks below, killing… Read More
In an unexpected turn of events (especially for this blog,) we are reporting on the story of a man who saved a 375-pound bear from drowning. Local 6 Orlando News has the scoop.
From the Associated Press courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle: “A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue. The girl suffered head, neck, torso… Read More
The Colorado Springs Gazette: “A Divide woman fell to her death Saturday morning while nearing the summit of the 14,197-foot Crestone Needle, located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo range in south-central Colorado.”
A clever woman assisted in her own rescue by using her sports bra as a kind of signal flag. Read the CityNews account.
Salvador Frias, age 41, and Patricia Giamoni, 37, return safely after wandering Shasta for a couple of days. Coverage at the Mount Shasta Area Newspapers.
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