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Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers
Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers State police said a man at a Berks County farm was attacked by a bull on Sunday, June 16.  The man was performing work on a Strausser Road farm in Windsor Township when the bull "aggressively attacked" him, authorities wrote in a release.  The man was injured and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, while the bull was "dispatched" by the owner, according to troopers. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Cop Shoots, Kills Dog Attacking Woman In Philadelphia: Authorities Off-Duty Cop Shoots, Kills Dog Attacking Woman In Philadelphia: Authorities
Off-Duty Cop Shoots, Kills Dog Attacking Woman In Philadelphia: Authorities A police officer shot and killed a dog while it and two others were attacking a woman in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, May 14, according to officials.  The officer was off duty and in his personal car when he spotted the victim being bitten by three dogs on the 1500 block of South 58th Street, PPD said. The 21-year-old owner was "attempting to stop the dogs from attacking the woman," police said. "The officer discharged his service weapon multiple times, ending the attack," authorities wrote in a release. The woman, 52, was hospitalized in stable condition with injuri…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'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…

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by Jillian Pikora