#wildlife-safety

#wildlife-safety

Donaldson was about to embark on the 55km Dam to Dam Challenge from Lake Argyle to Kununurra, hoping to become the first man to complete the gruelling endurance swim.

"I was thinking this guy is crazy and I hope nothing happens to him. I'm not sure what was going through his mind to be honest, because the last thing you would think about is somebody would actually walk toward a bear."

Most residents don't see many bobcats because the animal is "naturally elusive" and has adapted to avoid humans. However, bobcats do take advantage of the food and shelter that people create, said local officials. Animal control officers said that, like coyotes, raccoons, foxes, and skunks, it is also bobcat mating season, which means bobcats will be active and more likely to be seen walking around.

Home to Grand Teton National Park, world-class ski slopes, and the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a destination unlike any other. Victoria Gonzalez, lead Pathfinder at The Cloudveil, describes the region as "the intersection of wilderness and the resilient American spirit." In other words, it's somewhere travelers can go to experience a "flourishing cultural arts center with celebrated restaurants, a playground for year-round recreational opportunities ... and natural wonder."

Joan Heblack told ABC affiliate KGO-TV that she was walking in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting. It clamped onto my leg. The tail was flying up here. I was like: Get it off me, get off me!' Heblack said. Isabel Campoy also said she was attacked while walking in the same area.

"If you cut it open and the tissue is blue, you don't eat blue meat," said Bryan Flores, chief of Monterey county parks, regarding contaminated feral hogs.

Two female tourists from the UK and New Zealand were killed by an elephant while on a walking safari in South Luangwa national park in Zambia.

It sounds like the canoe drifted over, on top of the alligator. The alligator was startled.

"KWS rangers and response teams were swiftly mobilized and traced bloodstains leading to the Mbagathi River, where the girl's body was recovered with injuries on the lower back."