2017 - AUG - Animal Attacks

2017-08-01 - Two pit bulls attack and kill baby at home in Hartwell (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/baby-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bulls-in-east-georgia/461176498
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/toddler-mauled-by-2-pit-bulls-died-police-say/579342587
http://www.sott.net/article/358106-1-year-old-child-killed-by-dog-in-Hartwell-Georgia

2017-08-01 - Pit bull attacks and kills 9-year-old girl in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/pit-bull-kills-little-girl-10581034
http://www.sott.net/article/358107-Girl-dies-following-attack-by-pit-bull-terrier-in-Durban-South-Africa

2017-08-01 - Kangaroo attacks and injures two people in coastal Gold Coast (Australia):
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/powerful-kangaroo-attacks-golfer-gold-coast-course-leaves-her-needing-stitches-1633021
http://www.sott.net/article/358077-Powerful-kangaroo-attacks-2-golfers-at-Gold-Coast-Australia

2017-08-01 - Elephants and tigers killing one person per day in India:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/elephants-tigers-kill-one-human-074145894.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4748538/Elephants-tigers-kill-one-human-day-India.html
http://www.sott.net/article/358072-Elephants-and-tigers-are-killing-one-person-per-day-across-India

2017-08-01 - Two coyotes attack and injure pet dog in Clarence Center (New York):
http://www.wkbw.com/news/coyotes-in-clarence-attack-dogs

2017-08-02 - Swarm of bees attacks and kills two men at golf course in Rio Rico (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/36044499/second-arizona-man-dies-after-bee-attack
http://www.kvoa.com/story/36044254/one-man-dies-after-being-stung-by-bees
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/man-dies-after-being-stung-by-bees-in-rio-rico
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/man-dies-after-being-attacked-by-bees-in-rio-rico/article_ae1888a6-77bd-11e7-adb8-83e735fbc8f2.html

2017-08-02 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures two people in Sebastian (Texas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170803-59304-USA

2017-08-02 - Cougar attacks and injures pet dog, man shoots cougar dead, in Priest Lake (Idaho):
http://www.khq.com/story/36044081/homeowner-shoots-cougar-that-attacked-dog-in-priest-lake

2017-08-02 - Bear attacks man in the Panhandle National Forests (Idaho), man fights it off:
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/article/20170802/AP/308029962

2017-08-03 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures man in Tubac (Arizona):
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/man-injured-in-bee-attack
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/36058192/another-bee-attack-reported-in-southern-arizona
http://www.gvnews.com/news/third-bee-attack-tubac-landscaper-hospitalized/article_8575b9d2-78a8-11e7-b11a-c3590c655d0c.html
http://tucson.com/news/local/third-southern-arizona-bee-attack-sends-man-to-hospital/article_1a14ca38-789a-11e7-9d25-ff6a79672cab.html

2017-08-03 - Coyote attacks and kills pet cat at home in Meyerland (Texas):
http://abc13.com/pets-animals/coyote-kills-meyerland-familys-cat-in-vicious-fight/2276462/

2017-08-04 - Elephant attacks and kills mahout in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/dudhwa-elephant-mohan-kills-2nd-mahout/articleshow/59925009.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/358397-Elephant-kills-2nd-mahout-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India

2017-08-05 - Dog attacks and injures 12-year-old boy, boy loses thumb, in Gautier (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/story/36073987/gautier-boy-loses-thumb-in-dog-attack

2017-08-05 - Pit bull attacks and injures 6-year-old girl in Waterbury (Connecticut):
http://wtnh.com/2017/08/05/6-year-old-girl-attacked-by-pitbull/

2017-08-05 - Bear attacks and kills zookeeper at Orsa Rovdjurspark (Sweden):
http://www.thelocal.se/20170804/zookeeper-19-dies-in-bear-attack-at-swedish-wildlife-park
http://www.sott.net/article/358476-Zookeeper-dies-following-bear-attack-at-Swedish-wildlife-park

2017-08-06 - Sea lice munch on boy's feet at beach in coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/world/australia/australian-teenager-sea-lice-attack.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/brighton-sea-bugs-ocean-swim-teenager/8780138
http://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/an-australian-teenagers-legs-were-eaten-by-sea-fleas-and-it
http://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/graphic-images-warning-mysterious-australian-beach-creatures-eat-mans-feet-ng-b88559812z
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/its-not-a-movie-did-marine-critters-eat-brighton-teenagers-legs-20170806-gxq9db.html
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/bloodied-melbourne-teen-eaten-by-mystery-sea-creatures/news-story/f8491eb771b0db371d4980a9bd4e29d0
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/teenagers-legs-covered-in-blood-after-being-eaten-by-mystery-sea-creatures-at-brighton-beach/news-story/dbd5a5e58e7796befccc77ac57cbf204
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/08/marine-creatures-eat-melbourne.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40846546

Note: These things are ancient and have survived every extinction event going back to - and including - the 'Great Dying', the Permian-Triassic extinction event, so I'd expect them to survive the current planetary extinction event too. There will be a few 'winners' and a huge number of 'losers' in regards to which species survive. These things are probably going to be winners. I expect to see more of these attacks as time goes on, as this seems like the kind of thing where if you see it once, you're going to see it again and again. They seem to like meat, so as all the OTHER life continues to die off in the oceans, they're going to have plenty of meat to devour, which will help them expand their populations...

2017-08-06 - Marauding monkeys attacking residents of Boyolali (Indonesia):
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2017/08/06/no-monkeying-around-indonesia-task-force-vows/
http://www.sott.net/article/358482-Marauding-monkeys-attacking-residents-of-Boyolali-Indonesia

2017-08-06 - Shark attacks and injures woman in Marsa Alam (Egypt):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170807-59383-EGY
http://egyptianstreets.com/2017/08/07/shark-attack-leaves-an-austrian-tourist-injured-in-marsa-alam/

2017-08-08 - Shark attacks and injures 10-year-old boy at Hilton Head Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article166322887.html

2017-08-08 - Wasps attacking people as populations rise in Romania:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170810-59415-ROU

Quote: "Romania is being overrun by dangerous wasps. One man has already died after going into anaphylactic shock as a result of being stung, and dozens have been rushed to hospital in the midst of the country's heatwave. The insects, whose population has been on the rise in recent years, are particularly aggressive and Romanians across the country have been working to destroy their nests. One man said that while swimming in a local river, he and some friends saw someone faint after he was stung."

2017-08-08 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures couple in coastal Dundalk (Ireland):
http://talkofthetown.ie/local-couple-lucky-escape-attacked-swarm-bees-dundalk/
http://www.thesun.ie/news/1371847/irish-couple-stung-almost-60-times-during-horror-bee-attack-as-hundreds-of-savage-insects-swarmed-pair-while-out-walking-sending-them-blindly-running-into-busy-traffic/
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/couple-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-attacked-by-swarm-of-bees-while-out-walking-36011356.html

2017-08-09 - Rogue elephant kills 15 people in a month in Bihar and Jharkhand (India):
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/559646/Rogue-elephant-kills-15-faces-culling
http://www.sott.net/article/358905-Rogue-elephant-kills-15-people-over-a-month-in-India

2017-08-10 - Tiger kills another farmer in Uttar Pradesh (India), 3rd local victim in 4 days, 7th in 3 months:
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/tiger-kills-another-farmer-in-pilibhit-forest-dept-says-panicked-locals-hindered-search-4791510/
http://www.sott.net/article/358950-Tiger-kills-another-farmer-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India-3rd-local-victim-in-4-days-7th-in-3-months

2017-08-11 - 92 animal attacks reported in one day in coastal Sarawak (Malaysia):
http://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/08/266827/sarawak-reports-almost-100-new-animal-bite-cases
http://www.sott.net/article/359119-92-animal-bite-cases-reported-in-a-day-in-Sarawak-Malaysia

Quote: "A total of 92 new cases of animal bites were reported in the state yesterday."

2017-08-11 - Shark attacks and lightly injures 13-year-old boy at Hilton Head Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article166927732.html
http://www.thestate.com/latest-news/article166927732.html
http://wlos.com/news/local/teen-bitten-by-shark-at-hilton-head
http://www.wistv.com/story/36125888/teen-bitten-by-shark-at-south-carolina-island
http://nypost.com/2017/08/13/teen-bitten-by-shark-while-swimming-in-south-carolina/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/13/north-carolina-boy-13-bitten-by-shark-at-south-carolina-island.html

2017-08-11 - Bull attacks and kills man in Victoria (Australia):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/bull-attacks-man-in-victorias-north/news-story/f8cfbf03a8450227a13d32eb3c5b49d9
http://www.sott.net/article/358949-Bull-kills-man-in-Victoria-Australia

2017-08-12 - Alligator attacks woman, bites arm off, in the Wekiva River (Florida), alligator killed:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-aligator-bite-wekiwa-springs-20150808-story.html
http://myfox8.com/2017/08/13/woman-loses-arm-in-alligator-attack-in-florida-river/

2017-08-12 - Elephant attacks and kills forest guard in Gudachhapal (India):
http://odishasuntimes.com/2017/08/13/elephant-tramples-forest-guard-to-death-in-odisha/

2017-08-13 - Man, elephant hunter, attacked and killed by elephant in Kalkfeld (Kenya):
http://nypost.com/2017/08/14/hunter-trampled-to-death-by-elephant-he-was-trying-to-kill/
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/elephant-tramples-trophy-hunter-death-hunters-take-shot/

2017-08-13 - Seal attacks and injures man at coastal Friday Harbor (Washington):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Celebrity-harbor-seal-bites-boater-in-Friday-11818812.php

2017-08-13 - Bear attacks and injures man, man punches it off, in Sverdlovsk (Russia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4784490/Unarmed-man-fights-psycho-brown-bear-punching-it.html
http://www.sott.net/article/359087-Man-beats-off-psycho-brown-bear-by-punching-it-in-the-head-after-he-was-attacked-in-Sverdlovsk-region-of-Russia

2017-08-14 - Pit bull attacks and injures person and cop in Norton (Massachusetts):
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Pit-Bull-Injures-2-Including-Police-Officer-in-Norton-440437283.html

2017-08-14 - Two pit bulls attack and injure woman in Brockton (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/14/brockton-woman-attacked-by-pit-bulls/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/i-was-so-afraid-two-dogs-attack-woman-behind-her-home/12010712

2017-08-15 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures students at school in Palmdale (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170816-59515-USA
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Students-Stung-by-Bees-Palmdale-440592383.html
http://amp.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3715029-bees-attack-students/

Quote: "Approximately 43 students were taken to hospitals after being stung Tuesday by bees swarming on campus at Palmdale High School, authorities said. Paramedics were sent to the campus in the 2100 block of East Avenue R just after 12 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The bees were dispersed using water hoses, fire officials said. 14 of the 43 students who were brought to Palmdale Regional Medical Center were told that there were no serious reactions."

2017-08-16 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures two hikers on mountain in Scottsdale (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/36154187/bee-attack-in-scottsdale-sparks-mountain-rescue
http://www.telemundoamarillo.com/story/36154187/bee-attack-in-scottsdale-sparks-mountain-rescue

2017-08-16 - Swarm of yellow jackets attacks and injures two women in coastal Essex (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/16/2-women-attacked-bees-essex/

2017-08-16 - Dog attacks rising dramatically in Kent (Britain), up 4500 percent or more in five years:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/dangerous-dog-offences-in-kent-up-46-times-130562/
http://www.sott.net/article/359384-Police-record-huge-increse-in-dangerous-dog-offences-in-Kent-UK-from-16-in-2011-to-745-in-2016

2017-08-17 - Alligator attacks and kills woman's dog in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/9-foot-alligator-attacks-kills-183403774.html

2017-08-17 - Hornets attack and kill toddler girl near Jertih (Malaysia):
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/toddler-in-malaysia-dies-following-hornet-attack-9133298

2017-08-18 - Shark attacks and injures man spearfishing in the Bahamas:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/victim-bitten-by-shark-while-spearfishing-in-bahamas
http://cbs12.com/news/local/report-diver-bitten-by-shark-in-jupiter
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-pn-jupiter-diver-injured-20170818-story.html

2017-08-18 - Harbour seal climbs aboard kayak and attacks paddler near Chatham Island, British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.cheknews.ca/harbour-seal-climbs-onto-kayak-attacks-paddler-near-chatham-island-357910/
http://www.sott.net/article/359625-Harbour-seal-climbs-aboard-kayak-attacks-paddler-near-Chatham-Island-British-Columbia

2017-08-18 - Two dogs go on rampage, attack and injure people, in Hicksville (New York), one dog shot dead:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dog-Shot-Killed-After-Attacking-Biting-People-Long-Island-441060303.html

2017-08-19 - Family dogs attack and kill baby at home in Houston (Texas):
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Baby-mauled-to-death-by-family-dog-in-north-11946021.php
http://www.khou.com/news/2-month-old-dies-after-being-attacked-by-dog/465814112
http://abc13.com/source-dogs-euthanized-after-infant-mauled-to-death/2329045/

2017-08-20 - Dog attacks and injures person at home in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://local12.com/news/local/homeowner-bitten-by-dog-taken-to-hospital

2017-08-21 - Dog attacks and injures woman just before 6 AM in coastal Stuart (Florida), dog shot and killed:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/thank-god-it-wasnt-one-of-these-toddlers-neighbor-reacts-after-woman-mauled-by-dog
http://cbs12.com/news/local/the-only-tranquilizer-he-had-was-a-12-gauge-shot-gun-dog-shot-after-attacking-woman

2017-08-21 - Barred owl attacks rising around the Pacific Northwest:
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/owl-attacks-on-the-rise-around-the-pacific-northwest/

2017-08-22 - Pack of dogs attacks and severely injures woman in Byhalia (Mississippi):
http://wreg.com/2017/08/22/82-year-old-fighting-for-her-life-after-dog-attack/
http://nypost.com/2017/08/23/pack-of-dogs-mutilate-elderly-woman-during-morning-walk/

2017-08-22 - Dog attacks and injures four people in Jupiter Farms (Florida), near the coast:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/dog-bites-multiple-people-in-jupiter-farms

2017-08-22 - Owl attacks 3-year-old girl at Lake Bemidji State Park (Minnesota):
http://www.woodburybulletin.com/news/region/4315806-minn-roundup-owl-attacks-3-year-old-girl-bemidji-man-found-dead-brainerd

2017-08-23 - Shark bites man's paddleboard off Cape Cod (Massachusetts):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/shark-bike-causes-cape-cod-beach-closure
http://whdh.com/news/shark-bites-into-paddleboard-off-coast-of-wellfleet/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/popular-cape-beach-closed-after-shark-sighting/12054132
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170823/shark-bites-chatham-mans-stand-up-paddleboard
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/23/shark-bite-marconi-beach-wellfleet-paddle-board/

2017-08-23 - Dog attacks and injures toddler at home in Coeur d'Alene (Idaho):
http://www.khq.com/story/36214076/coeur-dalene-toddler-bitten-shaken-by-dog

2017-08-24 - Nine dog attack fatalities recorded in 2016 for South Africa, more than the total for the preceding 9 years:
http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/pets/sa-has-highest-incidents-of-dog-attacks-in-world-10902710
http://www.sott.net/article/359989-Nine-dog-attack-fatalities-recorded-in-2016-for-South-Africa-more-than-the-total-for-the-preceeding-9-years

2017-08-25 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures 11 children near school in Fallbrook (California):
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/11-Children-Stung-At-School-441662643.html
http://villagenews.com/local/swarm-of-bees-attack-students-at-potter-junior-high-school/
http://timesofsandiego.com/education/2017/08/24/bees-sting-11-students-at-potter-junior-high-in-fallbrook/
http://patch.com/california/escondido/11-students-stung-fallbrook-junior-high-school
http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/08/24/bees-sting-students-at-fallbrook-campus/

Quote: "The children did not disturb the nest, a spokesman said."

2017-08-25 - Bear attacks and injures man at Panther River, Alberta (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bear-attack-calgary-panther-river-1.4261729
http://www.sott.net/article/360079-Man-survives-bear-attack-at-Panther-River-Alberta

2017-08-25 - Family pit bull attacks and seriously injures 8-year-old boy in Amsterdam (New York):
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/police-8-year-old-boy-listed-in-serious-condition-after-pit-bull-rips-his-throat
http://www.sott.net/article/360152-8-year-old-boy-listed-in-serious-condition-after-family-pit-bull-rips-his-throat-in-Amsterdam-New-York

2017-08-26 - Five dogs attack and injure owner and woman at home in Glendale (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/36224730/man-woman-critical-after-being-attacked-by-their-dogs-in-glendale
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/west-phoenix/phoenix-fire-2-people-hospitalized-after-dog-attack-in-west-phoenix
http://www.sott.net/article/360295-Man-and-woman-critically-injured-after-being-attacked-by-at-least-5-of-their-dogs-in-Phoenix-Arizona

Quote: "At one point, the Phoenix Fire Department public information officer Rob McDade said it appeared the dogs were 'eating their owners,' with the owners suffering dog bite wounds to their arms, legs and torsos."

2017-08-26 - Two dogs attack and injure two people in Pomeroy (Ohio):
http://www.tristateupdate.com/story/36226228/police-search-for-dogs-after-two-people-attacked

2017-08-27 - Shark attacks and injures 3-year-old girl at beach in Stuart (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170828-59667-USA
http://cbs12.com/news/local/toddler-recovering-following-shark-attack-in-martin-county
http://cbs12.com/news/local/shark-bites-child-in-martin-county

2017-08-29 - Shark attacks surfer, bites his board, near Lorne (Australia):
http://www.mixx1063.com.au/articles/shark-attack-in-lorne/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/surfer-lucky-escape-australian-shark-attack-49483162
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/lorne-shark-attack-shark-leaves-bite-marks-in-board/news-story/f3144a7335ec4cbc737a9663b5f3499e
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/surfer-has-lucky-escape-from-australian-shark-attack/2017/08/29/f823456e-8c88-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953_story.html

2017-08-31 - Mountain lion attacks and injures horse in Michigantown (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2017/09/01/mountain-lion-sighted-in-clinton-county-horse-hurt/