After a warning from the victim's brother, a search party has located the body of Robert Nawojski, 55, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish said. Evidence indicated that Nawojski had been attacked and killed by a mountain lion at a spot close to his home.

He lived alone and was known to bathe and shave outdoors. Reuters has the story, as does Fox News.

Meanwhile, KOAT News is reporting that other residents of the Pinos Altos area (in Grant County, NM, about 65 miles east of Albuquerque) are fearful, since the mountain lion involved is still at large.

A Chicago businesswoman was on her cell phone, walking along West Grand Avenue near Rockwell Street on Wednesday, when a male balckbird—dubbed "Hitchcock" by area workers—made its move. Bicyclists, pedestrians are reporting attacks.

Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune.

May 2, 2008 - Chino, CA

A nanny pulled a two-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth. The LA Times

An Eagle Ray has killed a 55-year-old Michigan woman on a boat near Marathon Key, Florida. The woman was boating with her family when the ray - a species which grows to 500 pounds and sports a ten-foot wingspan - leaped from the water and reportedly struck her in the neck with its barbed tail.

She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Full details may be found at the TampaBays10.com and Reuters websites.

The Telegraph reports on a near-miss salt-water crocodile attack in Northern Australia.

The incident was captured on video. No injuries were reported.

"One minute I was leaning over the boat teasing it for a picture. The next minute it burst out of the water with incredible speed ... its jaws fully open. I was shaking,'' said Novon Mashiah, 27, the man in the photo at left. "The animal clearly wanted to kill me."

January 22, 2008 - Los Gatos, California
Authorities shot and killed a mountain lion that was hiding in the backyard of a Los Gatos home Monday night. The animal had been seen several times in the area around the 14000 block of Lora Drive, where it was killed Monday evening, said state Department of Fish and Game spokesman Harry Morse. He said police and a Fish and Game warden had decided to shoot the cat after determining it was posed a public safety risk, as the neighborhood includes a large apartment complex where children play outside. San Francisco Chronicle

They are huge and fierce and will attack anything that swims. Their jaws are lined with teeth that all curve inwards, giving anything that gets into them a silky-smooth entry and no way back. If you land one, they have these marble-cold eyes that follow you around the bank, even when the fish is dead. Times Online

Two Henrico County police officers shot and killed a fox yesterday after it attacked one of the officers as they were investigating a fox attack on a 13-year-old boy.

The fox ran up the officer's pant leg, but the officer managed to shake the fox loose, police said. Richmond Times-Dispatch

The tiger that killed a visitor and mauled two others at the San Francisco Zoo this week may have simply scaled its exhibit's wall to attack the three, a top U.S. tiger expert said on Friday.

The 12 1/2-foot (3.8-meter) high wall built in the 1940s was short of the recommended height for walls for modern tiger enclosures, or a height of just over 16 feet (4.9 meters) urged by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Reuters

OUTRAGE AT CITY HALL: Newsom, supes demand changes San Francisco Chronicle

Human Role Not Ruled Out in Tiger Attack The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own or got help from someone, inadvertent or otherwise. My Way News/AP

A Siberian Tiger known as 'Tatiana' has attacked and killed a visitor to the San Francisco Zoo. Tatiana is seen in the photograph at left.

The attack occurred just after closing time on Christmas Day. The tiger apparently left its enclosure and mauled three victims, one fatally. The victim was described as a man in his 20's. The same tiger, a 350-pound four-year-old female, was involved in a mauling incident at the same zoo on 22 December 2006. In the earlier attack, a zookeeper lost most of the flesh from one arm when the tiger was able to grab her as she stood near the cage.

The tiger seems to have traveled some 300 yards from the scene of the initial attack to the zoo's Terrace Cafe area, where two more patrons were mauled. Eventually, four heavily armed police officers killed Tatiana with a fusillade from their .40-caliber handguns.

Read full stories in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner.

UPDATE: 2007-12-26 5:00PM PST The dead man was identified as Carlos Sousa, Jr., 17, of San Jose, and the two injured at the cafe were described as Sousa's friends. Investigators are continue to search for clues. The possibility that the tiger was intentionally released has not been ruled out. Read more in this San Francisco Chronicle story.

December 20, 2007 - Chugiak, Alaska
A pack of six wolves, commonly known as the Elmendorf pack, is being blamed for recent attacks, which included a pair of dog deaths. Alaska Star

December 19, 2007 - Mumbai, India
An uninvited guest creates mayhem, evades capture for 18 hours after wandering out of Sanjay Ghandhi State Park for the second time in a week. Express India