Boy rushed to hospital after being kicked by horse in Centennial Park

Boy rushed to hospital after being kicked by horse in Centennial Park

The five-year-old was reportedly with his family when he stood too close to the horse.

  • byJosefine Ganko

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Four more Queenslanders bitten by snakes

Four more Queenslanders bitten by snakes

After a woman in her 20s was bitten in bed,four more people have been rushed to hospital suffering snake bites,as breeding season continues.

  • byAndrew Drummond
Venomous snake bites woman while lying in her own bed

Venomous snake bites woman while lying in her own bed

A Queensland woman has abruptly woken up after one of the world’s most deadly snakes slithered into her bed and bit her on the hand.

  • byLaine Clark andFraser Barton
Child bitten in latest dingo attack at popular Queensland island

Child bitten in latest dingo attack at popular Queensland island

A girl has been taken to hospital with “significant” leg wounds after being bitten by a dingo at a popular Queensland tourist spot.

  • byLaine Clark
‘Our spider levels are good’:How milking this giant,deadly funnel-web could save a life

‘Our spider levels are good’:How milking this giant,deadly funnel-web could save a life

With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail,one of the biggest male Sydney funnel-web spiders ever found is now in the care of spider specialists – and his venom might one day save your life.

  • byLaura Chung
Owners of dangerous dogs in Qld face jail,$100,000 fines over attacks

Owners of dangerous dogs in Qld face jail,$100,000 fines over attacks

Almost a year after a meter reader was killed by dogs in Logan,the state is taking tougher action against irresponsible owners.

  • bySean Parnell
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Amid a surge in grizzly attacks,one US state is at the centre of a grand experiment

Amid a surge in grizzly attacks,one US state is at the centre of a grand experiment

Bear numbers have come back but much of their territory is crisscrossed with roads and crowded with people.

  • byJim Robbins
‘Stealth bombers’:Why swooping season is getting worse

‘Stealth bombers’:Why swooping season is getting worse

We’re in the thick of swooping season – here’s how busting magpie myths can help you avoid the suburban stealth bombers.

  • byAngus Dalton
WA premier wants inquiry into rottweiler attack in Perth’s south

WA premier wants inquiry into rottweiler attack in Perth’s south

The woman is undergoing surgery in Royal Perth hospital as the fate of one of her dogs remains uncertain.

  • byJamie Freestone
Perth woman seriously injured,dog shot in home mauling

Perth woman seriously injured,dog shot in home mauling

A woman has been seriously injured and a dog shot by police after she was attacked by her two pet Rottweilers at her home in Perth’s south.

  • byAlex Condon
Dingo on K’gari put down after ‘high risk’ behaviour

Dingo on K’gari put down after ‘high risk’ behaviour

Dingo involved in a number of “high risk” incidents,including biting a woman on a beach,has been euthanised after consultation with the island’s traditional owners and exhausting other options.

  • byFraser Barton