Egmont Key, FL - 30 June 2005: Shark Attacks Woman On Dock

Mary Mathias - an intern with the US Fish and Wildlife Service - was dangling her legs over the side of a dock when a large shape appeared in the water and started coming toward her. Details on the St. Petersburg Times site. The victim had the presence of mind to take this picture!

Thanks to SANDITAMPABAY for the tip.

Little Falls, MN - 29 June 2005: Tiger, Then Lion Maul 10-year-old

A ten-year-old Minnesota boy was left with brain injuries and is a quadriplegic after first being attacked by a tiger and then by a lion. The attack came as he and his father visited a man who owns eleven large cats. A number of reports about this irresponsible and horrific attack are out there, including one from the
Duluth News Tribune.

Authorities say that as the owner opened the door of a cage, a tiger pushed its way out and attacked the boy. As the tiger was being pulled off the ten-year-old, a lion stepped in and attacked him.

Thanks to SANDITAMPABAY for this submission.

Attleboro, MA - 9 May 2005: Goose Attack Leads To 'Goose Rage' Incident

Police said an adult goose hissed at John A. Sanders, a project manager for Texas Instruments, while he was walking on company property. He slipped and fell in the mud, and ''angered by this fall, he began his rampage, chasing goslings and kicking them." Boston Globe story.

Seattle - 9 May 2005: Dog Kills Cat; Owner Owes $45,480

Seattle District Court Judge Barbara Linde has ordered the owner of a Chow which repeatly escaped to pay $45,480.12 to the owner of a cat who was killed by the dog in 2004. (At right, the owner points to the scene of the event.) The Chow's owner did not dispute that his dog killed the cat. The Seattle Times has the story.

Columbus, GA - 7 May, 2005: Rabid fox attacks 7-year-old

Thinking a family cat was trying to get in, she opened the door.
Quickly, a fox leaped inside and attacked. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Sydney, Australia - 6 May, 2005: Kangaroo Attacks on the Rise

Kangaroo Attacks in Australia Spotlight Growing Turf War. National Geographic News

Kalamazoo, MI - 6 May 2005: Special Report on Vicious Dogs

More than four million Americans were bitten by dogs last year. Do you know what to do? Advice and video by News 3




Carlsbad, NM - 6 May, 2005: Giant Swarm of Bees Attacks

Swarm of 200,000 bees from a 4-foot by 8-foot hive stung four dogs, the owner of the dogs and local firefighters and law enforcement. Carlsbad-Argus story

Albrightsville, PA - 4 May 2005: Woman, 21, Attacked By Bear

Kathleen Feeney, 21, of Philadelphia, was camping at Hickory Run State Park when a bear tore off her poncho and sweat shirt, clawed at her back and bit her head. ABC News 7Online.com story.

Levin, New Zealand - 29 April 2005: Pit Bull Cross Attacks 2-year-old

Story thanks to Manawatu Standard, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Story submitted by AAF Correspondent "firedognz"

Attack leaves mouth hanging
29 April 2005
By JONATHAN MACKENZIE

The mongrel dog that tore into a toddler's face in Levin on Wednesday jumped a fence and ran into a family home to attack the defenceless boy.

Jesse Gimblett, two and a half, was due to return home last night after undergoing hours of surgery to his face at Palmerston North Hospital on Wednesday night.

Witnesses say Jesse was left with severe facial lacerations and his mouth was hanging by a thread after the pit bull-labrador cross attacked him on suburban Charles Street, Levin. Read more after the jump.

Albrohos Islands, Australia - 19 Mar 2005: Shark Bites Man In Half

The 26-year-old victim was a deck hand on a pleasure boat. He was attacked by a 20-foot shark while snorkeling near these Western Australia islands. Thanks to AAF Special Correspondent JDV for this link.

The Sunday Times is reporting that the shark was a Great White, also known in Australia as a White Pointer.

Andover, NJ - 18 Mar 2005: Bear Kills Pony

"It was a big, big [bear] print," Patrolman Rod Mosner said. "It's amazing [the bear] had that much strength and power to drag a pony that far." Fox News link.

Camp Verde, AZ - 17 Mar 2005: Wolves Attack Handler After Release In Park

The injured handler is in stable condition at John C. Lincoln-North Mountain. She was attacked inside a large, enclosed habitat area where the wolves had recently been released at the Out Of Africa game park. Arizona Republic link.

Pretoria, South Africa - 16 Mar 2005: Boy Survives Attack By 5 White Lions

The 16-year-old was showing off for his girlfriend when the rare white lions grabbed his foot through a fence and pulled him into the breeding enclosure. Read the IOL.CA.ZA link, and a second story from the Mercury.

Prague, CZ - 15 Mar 2005: Wolf Attacks Increase On Asian Steppes

Radio Free Europe reports that 20 villagers in western Uzbekistan have been reported injured by wolves in five months, with two of them succumbing to their wounds. One Uzbek says, "At night, the wolves own the village. First, they ate all the dogs. Now they have begun to eat sheep, cows [and other animals]."

Read the story.

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