Mother fights off dingo that attacked toddler as rangers search for animal

Mother fights off dingo that attacked toddler as rangers search for animal

A dingo that attacked and seriously injured a toddler in a remote national park is expected to be caught and killed by park rangers.

  • byLuke Costin

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Girl,6,mauled in dog attack still in hospital,brave uncle gets stitches
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Girl,6,mauled in dog attack still in hospital,brave uncle gets stitches

“One of the dogs there was going to attack her face and I threw the chair,” her uncle told reporters.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
‘A rare call for us’:Woman hospitalised after being bitten by blue-ringed octopus in Mosman

‘A rare call for us’:Woman hospitalised after being bitten by blue-ringed octopus in Mosman

NSW Ambulance Inspector Christian Holmes said the incident was extremely rare for paramedics.

  • bySarah Keoghan
From the Archives,1958:Lion bites off boy’s arm at circus

From the Archives,1958:Lion bites off boy’s arm at circus

An 11-year-old boy was lucky to survive when he was savagely attacked while attempting to feed a circus lion at Mortdale.

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Family mourns Sydney man killed by shark in New Caledonia

Family mourns Sydney man killed by shark in New Caledonia

Chris Davis,who was attacked while holidaying in Noumea,has been described by family as “beloved husband and father”.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Polar bear kills mother and son in extremely rare attack

Polar bear kills mother and son in extremely rare attack

It’s unclear if this attack was related to climate change,but it is consistent with what is expected as the Arctic continues to warm at four times the rest of the Earth.

  • byMark Thiessen andPatrick Whittle
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Toddler survives being partially swallowed by a hippo

Toddler survives being partially swallowed by a hippo

The highly unusual land attack was stopped when a bystander began throwing stones at the hippo,eventually scaring it enough to spit the young boy out.

  • byAmber Ferguson
‘Tragic loss’:Man mauled to death by dogs identified
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‘Tragic loss’:Man mauled to death by dogs identified

After Saturday’s horrific death of Energex meter reader Kane Minion,42,Logan council confirmed the two dogs involved have been put down.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Boy,5,rescued from Byron Bay pool with python wrapped around his leg

Boy,5,rescued from Byron Bay pool with python wrapped around his leg

A five-year-old boy in Byron Bay is recovering at home after a python lunged at him,bit him and rolled with him into the family swimming pool,the child’s father said.

  • byCatherine Naylor andSally Rawsthorne
As a town mourns a toddler’s death,questions are raised about dog restrictions

As a town mourns a toddler’s death,questions are raised about dog restrictions

Experts are divided over the need for tighter restrictions to prevent dog attacks after the death of a toddler in the NSW Central West on Tuesday.

  • byMillie Muroi andSally Rawsthorne
‘The most sweet little boy’:Tributes pour for two-year-old killed in dog attack

‘The most sweet little boy’:Tributes pour for two-year-old killed in dog attack

The two dogs – believed to be a Rottweiler and a cattle dog – were seized by the local council.

  • bySarah Keoghan