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Three people, including a police officer, are taken to hospital with various injuries after being set upon by three dogs in Sydney's west.
Topics: animal-attacks, police, law-crime-and-justice, penrith-2750, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA man in Western Australia is attacked by what is believed to be a pack of roaming wild dogs.
Topics: animal-attacks, agribusiness, pests, pest-management, koorda-6475
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| UpdatedA 63-year-old Maryland woman makes a desperate call to 911 after being attacked by a black bear in the United States.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Cincinnati Zoo's barrier separating Harambe the gorilla from the public was not in compliance with safety standards on the day a three-year-old boy slipped into the exhibit, leading to the fatal shooting of the gorilla, a federal inspection finds.
Topics: animals, zoos, community-and-society, animal-attacks, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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As if magpies were not enough, crows are increasingly swooping passers-by in efforts to protect their nests.
Topics: animal-attacks, animals, birds, animal-behaviour, southport-4215
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Police and the RSPCA appeal for information after a bird with gruesome injuries is found near a known feeding area and has to be put down.
Topics: animal-attacks, animals, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, the-entrance-2261
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North Stradbroke Island could soon ban dogs and cats in an effort to save its koala population.
Topics: dog, animal-attacks, animals, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, local-government, conservation, marsupials, dunwich-4183, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA 73-year-old man is in hospital after being attacked by an aggressive horned goat in Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland.
Topics: animal-attacks, people, mudgeeraba-4213, qld, australia, robina-4226, southport-4215
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Magpie season is reaching its end and the injury toll is being counted. The birds can cause serious wounds, as one boy's family discovered.
Topics: animal-attacks, australia
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| UpdatedA central Queensland mother warns of the dangers of magpies during breeding season after her son was seriously injured when he was swooped while riding his bike.
Topics: animals, animal-attacks, human-interest, rockhampton-4700
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A guide dog is mauled by two other dogs in the centre of Canberra, the third such attack for the animal, prompting a warning from Guide Dogs Australia about keeping pets on a leash.
Topics: dog, animal-attacks, human-interest, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAs northern New South Wales residents continue to debate the best way to deal with shark attacks in the region, we take a look at the pros and cons of the most popular options.
Topics: shark, marine-biology, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, human-interest, animal-attacks, environment, oceans-and-reefs, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lennox-head-2478
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Topics: animal-attacks, byron-bay-2481
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| UpdatedA shark bites a surfer on the leg at a beach south of Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast, a day after protests against the planned installation of shark nets in the region.
Topics: animal-attacks, shark, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: animal-attacks, shark, kiama-2533
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| UpdatedNew technologies are being trialled for shark detection on NSW beaches as scientists look for solutions other than nets and culls to make beach swimmers feel safe again.
Topics: shark, animal-attacks, human-interest, environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, ballina-2478, lennox-head-2478, byron-bay-2481, kiama-2533, nsw
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| UpdatedDangerous dogs are out of control in a remote Northern Territory community and children are at risk of being killed, a doctor in the region tells the ABC.
Topics: animal-attacks, government-and-politics, ngukurr-0852
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An Australian man says he was determined not to succumb to the poison of a potentially deadly stonefish.
Topics: animal-attacks, lismore-2480, fiji
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Topics: animals, animal-attacks, ballina-2478, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedThe suggestion that nets prevent shark accidents is an oversimplification of a complex story, a misrepresentation of both technology and data, and it misinforms the public.
Topics: animal-welfare, animal-attacks, fishing-aquaculture, nsw, ballina-2478, wa
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Topics: animal-attacks, north-rockhampton-4701
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| UpdatedA seven-year-old girl urges other children to wear glasses after a magpie attack leaves her blind in one eye.
Topics: animal-attacks, health, safety, north-rockhampton-4701
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| UpdatedA Queensland boy is viciously attacked by a magpie in what wildlife experts describe as the worst incident they have seen in years.
Topics: animal-attacks, animals, gladstone-4680
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A south-east Queensland snake catcher experiences an incredibly close call while removing two eastern browns from a rural home, as paramedics brace for a rise in snake bites as the weather warms up.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, animals, kalbar-4309
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| UpdatedEager to find a silver lining following the tragic event, the Agnes Water community rallies behind Eli Campbell and his family.
Topics: animal-attacks, community-education, safety-education, bundaberg-4670, agnes-water-4677