Animal attacks
Amid a surge in grizzly attacks, one US state is at the centre of a grand experiment
Bear numbers have come back but much of their territory is crisscrossed with roads and crowded with people.
- by Jim Robbins
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‘Stealth bombers’: Why swooping season is getting worse
We’re in the thick of swooping season – here’s how busting magpie myths can help you avoid the suburban stealth bombers.
- by Angus Dalton
WA premier wants inquiry into rottweiler attack in Perth’s south
The woman is undergoing surgery in Royal Perth hospital as the fate of one of her dogs remains uncertain.
- by Jamie Freestone
Perth woman seriously injured, dog shot in home mauling
A woman has been seriously injured and a dog shot by police after she was attacked by her two pet Rottweilers at her home in Perth’s south.
- by Alex Condon
Dingo on K’gari put down after ‘high risk’ behaviour
Dingo involved in a number of “high risk” incidents, including biting a woman on a beach, has been euthanised after consultation with the island’s traditional owners and exhausting other options.
- by Fraser Barton
‘Never walk alone’: Warning after latest dingo attack
Rangers are urging tourists not to walk alone on K’gari after a woman was bitten by a dingo in the latest attack.
- by John Crouch
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Sharks
Surfer suffered ‘life-changing’ injuries in shark mauling, family says
The Port Macquarie surfer who fought off a four-metre white shark is in a serious but stable condition, while Lighthouse Beach has reopened to swimmers and surfers.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Anthony Segaert and Olivia Ireland
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Sharks
Port Macquarie surfer Toby Begg tried to fight off four-metre shark
Surfers rushed to the 44-year-old’s aid on Friday morning and gave him “the best response he could have had”.
- by Anthony Segaert and Olivia Ireland
Defence faces $1.5m fine after soldiers mauled by croc
The mauling of two soldiers by a crocodile in Far North Queensland has left the Australian Defence Force facing court on charges of inadequate training and workplace safety failures.
- by Samantha Lock
Collared dingo bites woman on K’gari in latest island attack
A dingo has bitten a woman on the popular Queensland tourist island of K’gari after encircling a separate group of adults and being scared away.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Biden’s dog bites Secret Service officers 10 times in four months
One incident required a hospital visit by an injured law enforcement officer, records obtained by a conservative activist group revealed.
- by Darlene Superville