Tourist 'lucky to be alive' after second elephant attack in Zimbabwe
2018-10-02 06:00
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There’s been another attack by an elephant on a tourist in Zimbabwe, this time in the resort town of Victoria Falls, a wildlife official said on Monday.
The unnamed German tourist was seriously injured by the elephant on Saturday afternoon, and is “lucky to be alive,” said state parks and wildlife management authority spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo.
“The suspicion is the tourist got close, which made the elephant uncomfortable,” Farawo told News24.
“People need to know that this is the breeding season, and most of the elephants have calves around them so they tend to protect them,” he added.
He urged tourists not to be “daring” around wild animals by feeding them or trying to get too close.
The attack was the second one in less than a week.
Rescued by curio vendors
On September 24, another German tourist visiting Mana Pools National Park in northern Zimbabwe was trampled and fatally injured by an elephant while trying to photograph its herd.
The 49-year-old tourist died while being evacuated from the park.
Local press reports say that curio vendors helped to rescue the Victoria Falls tourist armed with nothing but a catapult.
“I took a catapult and a stone that I always carry in my sling bag for protection and hit a female elephant that was standing close to the victim," vendor Anele Mpofu told the private Standard newspaper.
"I hit it hard on the ear and a herd of about 12 elephants with three calves moved away,” he said.
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Giraffe kicks man to death at gaming lodge
2018-12-29 21:16 - Russel Molefe, Correspondent
A giraffe, known as the gentle giant of nature, can sometimes turn out to be a killer.
This behaviour once observed by wildlife specialist Amy Attenborough was again reinforced after a giraffe kicked a farm worker to death outside Bela-Bela in Limpopo on Saturday.
According to the provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Moatshe Ngoepe, the 49-year old worker was feeding the animals when the giraffe kicked him in the stomach.
The incident happened at a local safari lodge.
His family was too distraught to speak to News24 on Saturday.
"According to the information received, the paramedics were summoned and on arrival they tried to resuscitate him, but was later declared dead," Ngoepe said.
He said the police in Bela-Bela have opened an inquest docket.
Other incidents of giraffe attacks reported in 2018 include that of an award-winning South African filmmaker, Carlos Carvallo, who died after being head-butted by the animal while filming at Glen Africa country Lodge in the North West in May.
In September, Katy Williams and her three-year-old son were left critically injured when a giraffe that has just given birth attacked them at the Blyde Wildlife Estate in Hoedspruit.
Attenborough once wrote: "Giraffes are well-versed in the art of self-defence to the point where even lions only dare to attack them in large groups.
"A giraffe can kick in any direction and in a manner of ways, and its kick cannot only kill a lion, but has even been known to decapitate it."
2018-12-29 21:16 - Russel Molefe, Correspondent
A giraffe, known as the gentle giant of nature, can sometimes turn out to be a killer.
This behaviour once observed by wildlife specialist Amy Attenborough was again reinforced after a giraffe kicked a farm worker to death outside Bela-Bela in Limpopo on Saturday.
According to the provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Moatshe Ngoepe, the 49-year old worker was feeding the animals when the giraffe kicked him in the stomach.
The incident happened at a local safari lodge.
His family was too distraught to speak to News24 on Saturday.
"According to the information received, the paramedics were summoned and on arrival they tried to resuscitate him, but was later declared dead," Ngoepe said.
He said the police in Bela-Bela have opened an inquest docket.
Other incidents of giraffe attacks reported in 2018 include that of an award-winning South African filmmaker, Carlos Carvallo, who died after being head-butted by the animal while filming at Glen Africa country Lodge in the North West in May.
In September, Katy Williams and her three-year-old son were left critically injured when a giraffe that has just given birth attacked them at the Blyde Wildlife Estate in Hoedspruit.
Attenborough once wrote: "Giraffes are well-versed in the art of self-defence to the point where even lions only dare to attack them in large groups.
"A giraffe can kick in any direction and in a manner of ways, and its kick cannot only kill a lion, but has even been known to decapitate it."
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Wild animals will always be dangerous
Next trip to the bush??
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Let us wait until the real situation is reveled on these pages before stating our views.
All I know is that any-where in nature the unexpected, the unforeseen, the unintended can happen at the drop of a hat.
Has not many a dog owner been bitten by his own trustworthy and reliable dog ?
All I know is that any-where in nature the unexpected, the unforeseen, the unintended can happen at the drop of a hat.
Has not many a dog owner been bitten by his own trustworthy and reliable dog ?
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Lion kills worker at US wildlife park
A lion attacked and killed a young American woman who had just started working at the facility where it was kept, the center said Sunday.
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Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in intern at the facility in Burlington, North Carolina.
“The Conservators Center is devastated by the loss of a human life today,” it said in a statement.
“While a husbandry team led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out a routine enclosure cleaning, one of the lions somehow left a locked space and entered the space the humans were in and quickly killed one person.
“It is unclear at this time how the lion left the locked enclosure. At no time did the lion ever enter a space that was not enclosed by the park’s perimeter fence,” the statement added, expressing its condolences to Black’s family and announcing it would close temporarily.
The lion was killed so Black could be retrieved, the center said.
Black, a recent graduate of Indiana University, had worked a few weeks at the facility home to dozens of animals and 21 different species, its website says.
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A lion attacked and killed a young American woman who had just started working at the facility where it was kept, the center said Sunday.
A male lion is pictured at Kenya's Amboseli National Park in June 2018 | © AFP/File | TONY KARUMBA
Washington (AFP) |
Alexandra Black, 22, was passionate about wildlife and had worked just 10 days as in intern at the facility in Burlington, North Carolina.
“The Conservators Center is devastated by the loss of a human life today,” it said in a statement.
“While a husbandry team led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out a routine enclosure cleaning, one of the lions somehow left a locked space and entered the space the humans were in and quickly killed one person.
“It is unclear at this time how the lion left the locked enclosure. At no time did the lion ever enter a space that was not enclosed by the park’s perimeter fence,” the statement added, expressing its condolences to Black’s family and announcing it would close temporarily.
The lion was killed so Black could be retrieved, the center said.
Black, a recent graduate of Indiana University, had worked a few weeks at the facility home to dozens of animals and 21 different species, its website says.
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Indian man killed by lion after climbing zoo wall
Monday 21 January 2019 - 9:24am
File: The animal that attacked the man was an Asiatic lion -- a critically endangered species and a major tourist draw.
NEW DELHI - An Indian man was mauled to death by a lion after he scaled the wall of a zoo in northern Punjab state, officials said Monday.
The man climbed the six-metre wall of Chhatbir Zoo, home to four lions, on Sunday and entered the restricted area where he was attacked.
Hearing his screams, the staff rushed to try and rescue the man.
"He was an intruder in the zoo. We took him to the hospital but he succumbed to his injuries," said Roshan Sunkaria from the state forest department.
The animal that attacked the man was an Asiatic lion -- a critically endangered species and a major tourist draw.
Only around 500 exist in the wild, all in the Gir sanctuary in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The authorities have not yet been able to contact the victim's family.
The zoo has stepped up warnings inside the premises and advised visitors to travel with an escort and keep vehicles locked.
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Monday 21 January 2019 - 9:24am
File: The animal that attacked the man was an Asiatic lion -- a critically endangered species and a major tourist draw.
NEW DELHI - An Indian man was mauled to death by a lion after he scaled the wall of a zoo in northern Punjab state, officials said Monday.
The man climbed the six-metre wall of Chhatbir Zoo, home to four lions, on Sunday and entered the restricted area where he was attacked.
Hearing his screams, the staff rushed to try and rescue the man.
"He was an intruder in the zoo. We took him to the hospital but he succumbed to his injuries," said Roshan Sunkaria from the state forest department.
The animal that attacked the man was an Asiatic lion -- a critically endangered species and a major tourist draw.
Only around 500 exist in the wild, all in the Gir sanctuary in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The authorities have not yet been able to contact the victim's family.
The zoo has stepped up warnings inside the premises and advised visitors to travel with an escort and keep vehicles locked.
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