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While he was on the ground, the cassowary kicked him in the neck, opening a 1.25-centimetre (0.49 in) wound that severed his jugular vein. The boy died of his injuries shortly thereafter. [76] [77] Cassowary strikes to the abdomen are among the rarest of all, but in one case in 1995, a dog was kicked in the belly.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf makes a statement about the shooting. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto stands listening in the striped tie. President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, then-Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, and Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O'Connor released statements about the incident through Twitter.
A resident of the town of Jim Thorpe was “aggressively approached” by a black adult male bear on Sunday, Jan. 19, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a news release. The animal then ...
Canada, British Columbia, near Tofino — Stalked and killed by a four-year-old male cougar at Catface Mountain. [27] [28] 9 September 1989 Jake Thomas Gardipee, 5, Male: USA, Montana, Missoula County, near Evaro — Attacked and killed by a cougar while playing behind his home. The cougar was later killed, and a necropsy was performed at the ...
Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new list casts doubt on his accuracy. Phil did so poorly that even nonliving critters outshine ...
An eleven-year-old girl was killed in 2009 in the Northern Territory; [108] a five-year-old boy killed on 8 February 2009 in Queensland by a 4.3 metre crocodile; [108] a 62-year-old man in September 2008 in Queensland while checking crab pots; [108] a 37-year-old Canadian mine worker on 24 September 2005 at Picnic Beach, south of Umbakumba, who ...
About 200 Americans are killed per year by animals, according to one study, and the most common perpetrators may be surprising. A recent Washington Post analysis of government data between 2001 ...
The cassowary has claws up to 125 mm (4.9 in) long. [56] Ostrom cited Gilliard (1958) in saying that they can sever an arm or disembowel a man. [57] Kofron (1999 and 2003) studied 241 documented cassowary attacks and found that one human and two dogs had been killed, but no evidence that cassowaries can disembowel or dismember other animals.