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The last of 8 escaped bulls from a Massachusetts rodeo is caught on highway
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A lone bull on the lam, one of eight that escaped from a rodeo in a Massachusetts mall parking lot, has been caught, but not before a pursuit that ended on a highway. The bull was lassoed and led into a trailer on U.S. Highway 1 in North Attleboro on...
Round 'em up: Eight bulls escape a Massachusetts rodeo and charge through a mall parking lot
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — This is no bull: First responders in a Massachusetts city had to exercise some impromptu roundup skills when eight bulls escaped from a rodeo being held in the parking lot of a mall on Sunday. Video posted online captured the moment when the bulls...
A Glacier National Park trail in Montana is closed after bear attacks hiker
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail was closed Thursday after a man was attacked by a bear and injured, park officials said. Rangers are still trying to determine if the attack involved a grizzly bear or a black bear. The...
Huge python grabs Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her two hours before she can be freed
BANGKOK (AP) — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her. “I was about to scoop some water and when I sat down it bit me immediately,”...
A 12-year-old boy fatally shoots a black bear mauling his father during a hunt in western Wisconsin
SIREN, Wis. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has shot and killed a wounded black bear as it was mauling his father near their hunting cabin in the thick western Wisconsin woods. Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he was pinned beneath the 200-pound bruin on Sept. 6...
The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under state oversight nationwide and open...
Mountain lion attacks 5-year-old at Southern California park and is euthanized
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy at a popular Southern California park over the holiday weekend and state rangers later euthanized the big cat, officials said Tuesday. The child was attacked Sunday afternoon while playing near his family's picnic...
Tiger bites handler at Australian amusement park
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tiger bit an animal handler on the arm Monday at an Australian amusement park, officials said. The woman was taken by ambulance from Dreamworld in Coomera in Queensland state to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition, Queensland...
2 Indiana men charged in heat deaths of 9 dogs in an uncooled truck
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Two Indiana men have been charged in the deaths of nine dogs that succumbed to heat-related illnesses last year after being transported in the back of an uncooled box truck during hot weather. Michael McHenry, 55, and Jessee Urbaszewski, 44, were both...
A crocodile attacks and wounds a zookeeper in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — A crocodile attacked a zookeeper in Jerusalem on Sunday, leaving him hospitalized with severe injuries on his upper body, officials said. Israeli police said a security guard at the zoo likely saved the man's life by firing stun bullets at the crocodile. It was not...
