Tag:

Animal Attack

NJ Infant Killed By Family Dog: Prosecutor NJ Infant Killed By Family Dog: Prosecutor
NJ Infant Killed By Family Dog: Prosecutor An infant is dead after being mauled by the family dog in Central Jersey, authorities said. Police were called to a Mereline Avenue home in Avenel around 6:15 a.m. Saturday, March 9, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge Police Department Director Robert Hubner said. Officers found the mother and baby, who sustained serious injuries from the dog. The baby was pronounced dead on scene while the mother and father were transported to the hospital for treatment. No further information was provided. This investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information …
Graphic Video Shows Cat 'Ripped Apart' Possibly By Raccoon In North Jersey Graphic Video Shows Cat 'Ripped Apart' Possibly By Raccoon In North Jersey
Graphic Video Shows Cat 'Ripped Apart' Possibly By Raccoon In North Jersey A local animal shelter is rushing to the aid of a friendly stray cat who was brutally attacked by another animal. A graphic video shared by Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge shows the cat loudly meowing with a plate of food, as concerned residents seek help. Urgent‼️Cat attacked and in desperate need of rescue – please help us say YES! We were just alerted to a cat in urgent... Posted by Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 "They're saying that they think a raccoon ripped this poor ripped this poor cat apart," a woman can be heard saying from behind the camera. "We apologi…
Pennsylvania Woman Gored By Bison At Yellowstone National Park Pennsylvania Woman Gored By Bison At Yellowstone National Park
Pennsylvania Woman Gored By Bison At Yellowstone National Park A 71-year-old Pennsylvania woman was the second person in three days to be gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials. The unnamed West Chester woman and her daughter came across the animal while returning to the car at the Yellowstone Lake trailhead — causing him to charge on Wednesday, June 29. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after the encounter and was transported by ambulance to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming. On May 30, a woman approached a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, and a man approached a bison near a boardwalk at…
'Good Boy': PA Dog Owners Encourage Intentional Attack On Cat, PSPCA Says 'Good Boy': PA Dog Owners Encourage Intentional Attack On Cat, PSPCA Says
'Good Boy': PA Dog Owners Encourage Intentional Attack On Cat, Pspca Says A family’s cat suffered life-threatening injuries after it was “intentionally attacked,” according to a release by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals. Two people with two dogs approached a cat outside a family’s home on Granite Street in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood on the morning of Tuesday, Mar. 22, PSPCA says. The video shows the two individuals stop walking when they see the cat on the porch— releasing their dogs to attack it. The two people can be heard encouraging the dogs saying, “Good boy, good boy.” ***TRIGGER WARNING, THE FOLLOWING VIDE…
'Honey Bear' Bites Child In Bergen County Park, Responders Say 'Honey Bear' Bites Child In Bergen County Park, Responders Say
'Honey Bear' Bites Child In Bergen County Park, Responders Say A child was hospitalized after being bitten by a pet kinkajou in a Wallington park, responders said Wednesday night. The owner was walking the pet when the child came up and was bitten in Samuel Nelkin County Park around 5:30 p.m., witnesses said. A bleeding puncture wound was controlled, responders said. Police had the owner remain in his truck with the kinkajou in the parking lot while they questioned witnesses, they said. A New York City-based television station incorrectly reported that the animal involved was a monkey. Although they bear some resemblance to monkeys, kinkajous -- als…
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…
Morris County Mom Held Daughter Above Her Head As Fox Bit Her Own Leg 3 Times Morris County Mom Held Daughter Above Her Head As Fox Bit Her Own Leg 3 Times
Morris County Mom Held Daughter Above Her Head As Fox Bit Her Own Leg 3 Times A Morris Plains mother working in her garden with her 2-year-old daughter was bitten by a fox. Sally Deeney of Brook Drive South said she thought a cat or dog was behind her Wednesday before she realized it was a fox covered in dirt, the DailyRecord reports. The mom held her daughter over her head as the fox bit her three times on the leg. Deeney's screams brought neighbors to the scene, who also screamed in an attempt to scare the animal. Once police responded, the animal was gone. Deeney's daughter was unharmed. She was taken to the hospital for rabies shots. Last week, an Essex …
Fostered Pit Bull Attacks Owners In Mahwah Park Fostered Pit Bull Attacks Owners In Mahwah Park
Fostered Pit Bull Attacks Owners In Mahwah Park A pit bull attacked the couple who fostered her, biting the woman’s hand and ear and causing “crushing injuries” to her husband’s arms and hands, during a walk in a Mahwah park, authorities said. The couple were walking the fostered female pit bull and a service dog Wednesday morning in Winters Park on East Ramapo Avenue when the pit bit the woman’s hand, causing a minor injury, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Her 58-year-old husband came to her aid and was attacked, the chief said. “The victim attempted to defend himself and calm the dog but in doing so suffered extensive and severe b…
VIDEO: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street VIDEO: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street
Video: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street A pit bull seen on video being dumped on a Carlstadt street attacked a dog being walked by his owner moments later, witnesses said. Home surveillance video (see above) shows the driver of a dark late-model Nissan Maxima dumping the pit bull and then taking off this past Monday. A neighbor who found the abandoned dog was waiting for police at 8th and Broad streets when the pit bull spotted the other dog and bolted across the street after him, local mom Andrea Petto Recanati wrote in a Facebook post. "My neighbor's dog needed antibiotics, pain meds, and stitches for puncture wounds,&quo…