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Posted: 28-02-2003 15:02 Post subject: dogs attack cars

from reuters (can't give you a link)

GERMAN DOGS GO BERSERK, ATTACK MUNICH CARS MUNICH, GERMANY, FEB 28 (REUTERS) - A PACK OF FRENZIED DOGS ATTACKED SIX PARKED CARS
IN THE BAVARIAN CAPITAL, LEAVING A TRAIL OF DAMAGED VEHICLES IN Their wake and causing panic among residents woken by the disturbances.
Police said on Friday the pre-dawn attack on Thursday had caused extensive damage to the cars in the leafy Nymphenburg district. A spokeswoman said the dogs were
still on the loose despite a police search.
Residents said they saw boxer-like dogs biting and snapping at the cars at around 4:30 a.m.
Bumpers, mudflaps and number plates were all torn off by the canine onslaught. Police also found teeth marks on the body work and hubcaps of the car, which were
covered in blood and saliva from the dogs.
One man said the dogs had chewed off the bumper of his wife's Volkswagen bus and also caused damage to the wheel bearing. He told the Abendzeitung newspaper the
damage to his car alone had totalled some 1,000 euros (ê1,100).
"It sounded like the cars were being broken into," said Guenther Sailler, 63, a local goldsmith. "It was incredible. One of them leaped again and again with unbelievable
force into the side of a car and bit into it like a lunatic." "Normally dogs aren't interested in cars," Eva Voelkl, Munich police spokeswoman, said. "But if we see any
behaving in that way, we'll be sure to get them." REUTERS

Posted: 28-02-2003 15:31 Post subject:

Not being a zoologist or an animal behaviourist, my uneducated guess would be that the alpha male in that pack is a little un-hinged and the other dogs are just following his lead.

Dogs in established packs will do pretty much anything the leader does.

Posted: 28-02-2003 17:53 Post subject:

The dogs are getting organised and are almost ready to overthrow their human oppressors. This is the first in many planned acts of terrierism. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted: 28-02-2003 18:49 Post subject:

Well I don't buy it. The finger of guilt is too obviously pointed at these
doggies and we know they are programmed to look guilty. As for the
dog licence, reputedly dropped at the scene, it beggars belief.

No, ladies and gentlemen and things of the Fortean jury, may I draw
your attention to the fact that at the very time of this German incident,
a gang of evil felines gathered underneath my window for a noisy
orgy of celebration. We have heard the very curious evidence from
Mr. Rolf Harris that he personally witnessed half a BMW tyre being
extracted from the cheek of an enormous ginger Tom. The fact that this
cat was in Salford merely supplies more worrying evidence of the
International nature of this felixis of evil which is dedicated to the
destruction of all we hold dear.

:p

Posted: 28-02-2003 19:06 Post subject:

further proof:

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Posted: 28-02-2003 19:26 Post subject:

it's clearly levitating on a foggy day - how evil? Very Happy

Posted: 09-05-2003 13:41 Post subject: Now cats as well

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/6/041301-4126-103.html What is with these animals all attacking cars of a sudden? Are they revenge attacks? "Evil car! You killed my father! Prepare to die!" Something like that?

Posted: 13-05-2003 13:59 Post subject: Five hurt in badger rampage

Five hurt in badger rampage

Posted: 13-05-2003 14:03 Post subject:

And of course, after being misshandled by idiots, the badger was put down. Mad

Shame we can't do the same for some humans.

Posted: 13-05-2003 18:22 Post subject:

Wild animals reared by, or at least become used to,humans are supposed to be the most dangerous animals as they have lost their natural fear but don't have the brain changes necessary for true domestication and are more likely to attack.

Posted: 13-05-2003 23:59 Post subject:

In a similar vein of good animals gone bad, I heard a tale on a facility where I worked. In that business, safety is a big issue such that any kind of mishap that requires treatment (even a plaster on the finger) needs to be formally reported.
The site was fairly big and needed to be driven around to get from A to B, and whilst one of the shift guys was driving on his rounds, he happened to catch a rabbit with his front tyre as it dashed across the road. He stopped the truck and got out to check on the rabbit's condition, which I presume was lying in a daze. He reached out, I know not why, and this rabbit went for him, biting him on the finger and drawing blood.
The bloke, most likely a burly jock, had to fill in the incident report form as:

"Reason for Injury: Savaged by irate bunny."

Posted: 14-05-2003 08:44 Post subject:

Hahahahah, that sounds like a Jasper Carrott story!

Australian dingoes used to be fed by tourists until the dingoes started to become too bold and raided campsites for food. My cousin who lives there reckons that the 'Dingo Baby' was taken by a dingo which had become a sort of half-friendly pet of the park rangers, with horrible consequences.

Takes years and many generations to domesticate wild beasties.
I saw a Discovery prog about a Russian experiment to domesticate wild squirrels. They bred the friendliest ones from each generation and it took years and years to produce squirrels of 'pet' quality which wouldn't bite & try to run off.

The point of which was............ I dunno.

Posted: 29-06-2003 19:57 Post subject: Now for something completely wild and gnu

June 26 2003 at 01:45AM

Strange things turn up in scrapyards, but a wildebeest bull, live and kicking, has to be a first.

"Heaven knows how it got there, maybe someone was keeping it illegally on a plot in the area and it escaped," said Karen Trendler, director for Wildcare Africa, a non-profit organisation specialising in wildlife rescue.

No one could quite believe it when the Benoni SPCA received a call that a wildebeest - also called a gnu - had wondered into a nearby scrapyard on Tuesday. The SPCA alerted Wildcare, and they sprang into action on Wednesday.

"Apparently it wandered in when the guard opened the gates," said Trendler. But the animal turned out to be something of an unwelcome guest when it started showing signs of aggression and wouldn't allow the guard into his hut.

'It wasn't happy with the dog's barking and the guard was forced to lock the dog up'
"It wasn't happy with the dog's barking and the guard was forced to lock the dog up," said Wildcare centre manager Michael Jamieson.

The scrapyard was littered with 2,5m-high piles of scrap computers and other waste materials over a very small area, and it was up to Jamieson to dart the animal under difficult conditions.

Once it was drugged, the team were faced with the challenge of getting it out of the pile of computer junk.

"We had to clear away a lot of the scrap but we still had to use straps to lift the animal out," said Trendler.

The Wildcare team then transported it to the Klipkop Conservancy, east of Pretoria, where it was released to join a herd.

"The animal, a young adult, was in a very good condition. At first we were worried that it might have been tame, but from the way it responded to the herd it was clearly wild," said Trendler.

"It was an amazing rescue and everything went incredibly well under very difficult circumstances. It was great to have three animal welfare organisations - Wildcare, Benoni SPCA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) - working together to ensure the rapid, safe and successful rescue of the wildebeest," said Trendler.

She said the cost of the rescue - about R6 000 for the special drugs, equipment and trained personnel required - was paid by Ifaw.

This article was originally published on page 2 of The Star on June 26, 2003

The scrapyard in question is a computer graveyard, the owners buy obsolete machines to recover the gold on the circuit boards.
Looking for a link to a picture - the site of a GNU in the middle of a zillion machines running windows is priceless.