Tag: animal attack

10-Year-Old Boy Mauled By Bear While Playing in Connecticut Backyard

A 10-year-old boy was attacked by a black bear while playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut on Sunday. The attack happened at about 11 a.m. in Morris, a town of about 2,200 people northwest of Waterbury, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) told reporters. The injuries were not fatal, and the…


Man Hospitalized After Tiger Bites His Arm at Florida Zoo: Officials

A man who worked at the Naples Zoo in Florida was hospitalized with serious injuries on Wednesday when a tiger bit his arm after he entered a restricted area and reached into the animal’s enclosure, officials said. A sheriff’s deputy was “forced to shoot” the critically endangered Malayan tiger on Wednesday evening after the man,…


Grizzly Bear Is Fatally Shot After Killing California Woman

HELENA Mont.—A grizzly bear that pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her this week was fatally shot early Friday by wildlife officials using night-vision goggles to stake out a chicken coop that the animal raided near the small Montana town where the woman was attacked. Federal wildlife workers shot the bear shortly…