A leopard struck by a vehicle on a busy motorway in southwest India turned on the Forest Department official sent to save it, knocking the man to the ground before a sedative finally took hold. The incident unfolded near Anagodu, a town in southwest India, after the leopard was hit by a vehicle on a […] The post Leopard attacks rescue worker on Indian motorway after vehicle collision appeared first on American Almanac .
A leopard struck by a vehicle on a busy motorway in southwest India turned on the Forest Department official sent to save it, knocking the man to the ground before a sedative finally took hold. The incident unfolded near Anagodu, a town in southwest India, after the leopard was hit by a vehicle on a motorway around 11 p.m. The injured animal wound up stranded in a roadside drain, where members of the public spotted it and called the Forest Department for help. What followed was a rescue operation that went sideways fast. The Forest Department dispatched a team to the scene, and workers administered a heavy sedative to the leopard in an effort to subdue it for medical transport. But the drug had not fully taken effect when the animal…Open
A 39-year-old Florida woman faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly drugged a 69-year-old man she met on a dating app at least three times, with the Polk County sheriff calling her a "black widow" motivated purely by money. Samantha Adams slipped benzodiazepines into a glass of whiskey she served to her victim at his […] The post Florida woman charged with attempted murder after allegedly poisoning man she met on dating app appeared first on American Almanac .
A 39-year-old Florida woman faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly drugged a 69-year-old man she met on a dating app at least three times, with the Polk County sheriff calling her a "black widow" motivated purely by money. Samantha Adams slipped benzodiazepines into a glass of whiskey she served to her victim at his Haines City home on August 17, leaving him hospitalized with an overdose, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office . The 69-year-old man, whose name has not been released, passed out later that evening and woke up in a hospital bed, where staff told him he had suffered a benzodiazepine overdose, a drug he told investigators he had never taken. Adams now sits in the Polk County Jail on $42,500 bond, charged…Open
California has 60,000 black bears, and they are venturing far from their usual habitat in search of food and shelter. It’s the humans who have to adapt.
A Big Sky, Montana, homeowner grabbed a can of bear spray and stopped a mother moose mid-charge to save her three dogs, including a 14-year-old deaf dog who could not hear the animal coming. Shelly Thorburn was outside her home when she spotted the cow moose barreling toward her and her dogs with its ears […] The post Montana woman fends off charging moose with bear spray to protect her dogs appeared first on American Almanac .
A Big Sky, Montana, homeowner grabbed a can of bear spray and stopped a mother moose mid-charge to save her three dogs, including a 14-year-old deaf dog who could not hear the animal coming. Shelly Thorburn was outside her home when she spotted the cow moose barreling toward her and her dogs with its ears pinned back. Doorbell camera footage captured the moment Thorburn deployed the spray, sending the moose fleeing and allowing her to rush all three dogs inside uninjured. The encounter, which took place on August 27 near one of the most wildlife-dense corridors in the American West, is a sharp reminder that living alongside large animals demands preparedness, not panic. Thorburn shared the Ring camera footage publicly, and the video…Open
A home security camera in Tarzana, Los Angeles, captured a coyote repeatedly confronting and driving off a bear from a residential driveway early Sunday morning, a scene the homeowner called unbelievable. Richard Hurwitz got the alert on his phone around 2:30 a.m. A bear had wandered onto the stone path leading to his driveway. What […] The post Coyote stands down a bear outside a Los Angeles home — and the security camera caught it all appeared first on American Almanac .
A home security camera in Tarzana, Los Angeles, captured a coyote repeatedly confronting and driving off a bear from a residential driveway early Sunday morning, a scene the homeowner called unbelievable. Richard Hurwitz got the alert on his phone around 2:30 a.m. A bear had wandered onto the stone path leading to his driveway. What happened next played out like a nature documentary filmed in a suburban neighborhood. A coyote, the larger of two on the scene, charged toward the bear again and again, refusing to back down. The bear, outweighing the coyote many times over, eventually turned and fled to a nearby yard. Not a scratch on either animal, UPI reported . A second, smaller coyote watched the whole standoff from the road in front of…Open
A 51-year-old British mother claims she snapped a photograph of a large black panther just feet from her front door, the third big-cat sighting in the region in barely a month. Clare Hodges was taking out her bins on the evening of August 18 in the Ryehill area of Northampton, a mid-sized city about 70 […] The post Mother of eight says she photographed a panther prowling her Northampton street appeared first on American Almanac .
A 51-year-old British mother claims she snapped a photograph of a large black panther just feet from her front door, the third big-cat sighting in the region in barely a month. Clare Hodges was taking out her bins on the evening of August 18 in the Ryehill area of Northampton, a mid-sized city about 70 miles northwest of London, when she heard a noise behind her. She had her phone camera ready, neighbors had been leaving raw lamb in the street for a local fox, and Hodges had been trying for days to photograph the animal. She turned, expecting the fox, and instead captured an image of something far larger. The Daily Star reported that Hodges, a full-time carer for her autistic 11-year-old daughter, ran back inside her home and showed the…Open
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