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FRENCHTOWN, Mont. Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon a zucchini.
Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of her home about 15 miles west of Missoula.
When the woman, whom police did not name, tried to separate the animals, the bear bit her in the leg.
Maricelli says the woman reached for the nearest object at hand on the porch's railing a large zucchini that she had harvested from her garden.
The woman flung the vegetable at the bear, striking it and forcing it to flee.
Maricelli says the woman did not need medical attention. Wildlife officials were trying to locate the bear on Thursday.
Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of her home about 15 miles west of Missoula.
When the woman, whom police did not name, tried to separate the animals, the bear bit her in the leg.
Maricelli says the woman reached for the nearest object at hand on the porch's railing a large zucchini that she had harvested from her garden.
The woman flung the vegetable at the bear, striking it and forcing it to flee.
Maricelli says the woman did not need medical attention. Wildlife officials were trying to locate the bear on Thursday.
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London (CNN) -- Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world's largest conservation network.
The subspecies of the black rhino -- which is classified as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species -- was last seen in western Africa in 2006.
The IUCN warns that other rhinos could follow saying Africa's northern white rhino is "teetering on the brink of extinction" while Asia's Javan rhino is "making its last stand" due to continued poaching and lack of conservation.
"In the case of the western black rhino and the northern white rhino the situation could have had very different results if the suggested conservation measures had been implemented," Simon Stuart, chair of the IUCN species survival commission said in a statement.
This update offers both good and bad news on the status of many species around the world
Jane Smart, IUCN"These measures must be strengthened now, specifically managing habitats in order to improve performance, preventing other rhinos from fading into extinction," Stuart added.
The IUCN points to conservation efforts which have paid off for the southern white rhino subspecies which have seen populations rise from less than 100 at the end of the 19th century to an estimated wild population of 20,000 today.
Another success can be seen with the Przewalski's Horse which was listed as "extinct in the wild" in 1996 but now, thanks to a captive breeding program, has an estimated population of 300.
Relocating rhinos to save the species The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reviews more than 60,000 species, concluding that 25% of mammals on the list are at risk of extinction.
The subspecies of the black rhino -- which is classified as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species -- was last seen in western Africa in 2006.
The IUCN warns that other rhinos could follow saying Africa's northern white rhino is "teetering on the brink of extinction" while Asia's Javan rhino is "making its last stand" due to continued poaching and lack of conservation.
"In the case of the western black rhino and the northern white rhino the situation could have had very different results if the suggested conservation measures had been implemented," Simon Stuart, chair of the IUCN species survival commission said in a statement.
This update offers both good and bad news on the status of many species around the world
Jane Smart, IUCN"These measures must be strengthened now, specifically managing habitats in order to improve performance, preventing other rhinos from fading into extinction," Stuart added.
The IUCN points to conservation efforts which have paid off for the southern white rhino subspecies which have seen populations rise from less than 100 at the end of the 19th century to an estimated wild population of 20,000 today.
Another success can be seen with the Przewalski's Horse which was listed as "extinct in the wild" in 1996 but now, thanks to a captive breeding program, has an estimated population of 300.
Relocating rhinos to save the species The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reviews more than 60,000 species, concluding that 25% of mammals on the list are at risk of extinction.
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What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
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King County prosecutors in Seattle claim Sherrie Morton, 46, left her 70-year-old mother to rot at the Southeast 315th Street home they shared. The older woman would most likely have died there, had medics and King County Sheriffs Office deputies not rescued her earlier this month.
Deputies and medics arrived to find the older woman stuck to her bedding. According to charging papers, a deputy looking into the bedroom window saw maggots crawling in a large open wound on the womans leg; the bed sheets were soiled with the byproducts of injury and covered in bugs.
As deputies entered the home, Morton emerged from a rear bedroom. According to charging papers, Morton said shed been living at the home for 13 years and claimed her mothers injury was only a few days old.
Paramedics came to a different conclusion: The woman had been injured at least a month before, and the septic, gangrenous wound could have taken her leg.
The maggots may have helped keep (the woman) alive due to the fact that they were eating the rotting skin that was infected and helping to slow the infection, King County Sheriff's Det. Marylisa Priebe-Olson said in court papers, recounting a statement from a paramedic.
Firefighters and medics dressed in hazardous-material suits pulled the woman from her home and transported her to Valley Medical Center, where she was in critical condition. Medical staff removed hundreds of maggots from her body in the days following her rescue.
Still, the woman claimed to have been well cared for in her home, Priebe-Olson told the court.
(She) said in the hospital that her care at home was fine, the detective told the court. However, (she) did not understand that maggots eating her flesh was not good care.
Questioned at the home, Morton claimed she had changed her mother's diaper and bedding two days before and that the maggots had appeared the day police arrived, Priebe-Olson told the court. She called 911 five hours after she claimed to have first seen the maggots, the detective continued, and only did so after a friend threatened to do the same.
Morton went on to explain that it took her hours to change her 400-pound mothers diaper and bedding, and that she used shaving cream to clean her. Asked whether she smelled anything unusual recently, Morton allegedly said, Yes, rotting flesh.
A friend reported seeing maggots inside the womans wound four days before. Flies circled the room and the older woman complained her legs were burning.
Checking on the older woman the day she was rescued, the witness said she noticed hundreds of maggots covering her exposed sores, describing it like a horror movie, Priebe-Olson told the court. The purported witness ultimately convinced Morton to call the police.
Examining the home at 2 a.m. the following morning, the detective noted large piles of garbage inside the home. Priebe-Olson noted in her report that the scent of rotting flesh, feces and ammonia was strong even through a protective mask.
Following Mortons arrest on June 19, Priebe-Olson interviewed the woman a second time. Again, she claimed to have been caring for her mother adequately, the detective told the court; Morton, she said, showed no emotion about her mothers status.
Morton has been charged with second-degree criminal mistreatment of a dependent person. She remains jailed on $150,000 bail.
Deputies and medics arrived to find the older woman stuck to her bedding. According to charging papers, a deputy looking into the bedroom window saw maggots crawling in a large open wound on the womans leg; the bed sheets were soiled with the byproducts of injury and covered in bugs.
As deputies entered the home, Morton emerged from a rear bedroom. According to charging papers, Morton said shed been living at the home for 13 years and claimed her mothers injury was only a few days old.
Paramedics came to a different conclusion: The woman had been injured at least a month before, and the septic, gangrenous wound could have taken her leg.
The maggots may have helped keep (the woman) alive due to the fact that they were eating the rotting skin that was infected and helping to slow the infection, King County Sheriff's Det. Marylisa Priebe-Olson said in court papers, recounting a statement from a paramedic.
Firefighters and medics dressed in hazardous-material suits pulled the woman from her home and transported her to Valley Medical Center, where she was in critical condition. Medical staff removed hundreds of maggots from her body in the days following her rescue.
Still, the woman claimed to have been well cared for in her home, Priebe-Olson told the court.
(She) said in the hospital that her care at home was fine, the detective told the court. However, (she) did not understand that maggots eating her flesh was not good care.
Questioned at the home, Morton claimed she had changed her mother's diaper and bedding two days before and that the maggots had appeared the day police arrived, Priebe-Olson told the court. She called 911 five hours after she claimed to have first seen the maggots, the detective continued, and only did so after a friend threatened to do the same.
Morton went on to explain that it took her hours to change her 400-pound mothers diaper and bedding, and that she used shaving cream to clean her. Asked whether she smelled anything unusual recently, Morton allegedly said, Yes, rotting flesh.
A friend reported seeing maggots inside the womans wound four days before. Flies circled the room and the older woman complained her legs were burning.
Checking on the older woman the day she was rescued, the witness said she noticed hundreds of maggots covering her exposed sores, describing it like a horror movie, Priebe-Olson told the court. The purported witness ultimately convinced Morton to call the police.
Examining the home at 2 a.m. the following morning, the detective noted large piles of garbage inside the home. Priebe-Olson noted in her report that the scent of rotting flesh, feces and ammonia was strong even through a protective mask.
Following Mortons arrest on June 19, Priebe-Olson interviewed the woman a second time. Again, she claimed to have been caring for her mother adequately, the detective told the court; Morton, she said, showed no emotion about her mothers status.
Morton has been charged with second-degree criminal mistreatment of a dependent person. She remains jailed on $150,000 bail.
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The worst part is the dude getting handcuffed for no reason. Very weak.
The dog clearly lunged at the cop and got hisself killed. Sucks. Oh well.
The dog clearly lunged at the cop and got hisself killed. Sucks. Oh well.
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I have a shed that I build tamiya models in and some grumbling cat sits on the roof. Cats are ok. Dogs that headbutt people in the groin and go about their gormless way, shitting everywhere and looking sorry for their self are bastards.
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Nah, fuck that negar owner. I'm not blaming the cops at all. There's a longer yt vid showing this coonervillian driving up to the scene, stopping in the middle of the road, and getting out to harass the 5-0. The police were more fearful of the gnats encircling the passerby, so they fired a warning shot at the queen, and the poor pooch was in the line of fire.
Moral of the story, they're known as "man's best friend", not "monkey's sidekick." That title would go to Biden.
Moral of the story, they're known as "man's best friend", not "monkey's sidekick." That title would go to Biden.
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