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• Mother of boy killed by dog made ‘serious error of judgment’, says coroner

  17-09-2021 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquest into Frankie MacRitchie’s death recommends more ‘robust system’ to ensure police deal with dangerous dogsA coroner is to write to a police force over the tragedy of a nine-year-old boy mauled to death by a dog during a Cornish holiday, after his inquest heard the animal had been involved in previous attacks.Frankie MacRitchie was killed after being left alone in a caravan with the 45kg dog, an American bulldog crossed with a staffordshire bull terrier called Winston. Co
  
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• Dog that killed boy in Cornwall had attacked before, inquest hears

  17-09-2021 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Coroner to write to police about death of Frankie MacRitchie, 9, while on holiday in 2019A coroner is to write to a police force about a nine-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a dog during a Cornish holiday, after his inquest heard the animal had been involved in previous attacks.Frankie MacRitchie was killed after being left alone in a caravan with the 45kg dog, called Winston, an American bulldog crossed with a staffordshire bull terrier. Continue reading...
  
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• Walking patterns of movement disorders shared among worms, mice, and humans

  17-09-2021 15:04
  Researchers use 'domain adversarial' machine learning to remove the differences between animal and human walking trajectory data. This work may help scientists better understand conditions that affect motor coordination, such as Parkinson's disease.
  
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• ‘It was complete pandemonium’: the towns grappling with bear attacks

  17-09-2021 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  You’re more likely to be killed by lightning than a grizzly bear. But as humans encroach on bear territory, tensions riseThe grizzly bear had already poked around the camping site before being shooed away, but this time it wasn’t to be deterred. After it caught the waft of stashed food in its nostrils, the bear tore into the tent’s canvas.The outcome was grim. Leah Davis Lokan, a 65-year-old described posthumously as “incredibly strong, incredibly athletic, brave, fearles
  
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• Humans are encroaching on grizzly territory. Can we live together?

  17-09-2021 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The bears have returned from the brink of extinction, and now conservationists must persuade people to respect themThe grizzly bear had already poked around the camping site before being shooed away, but this time it wasn’t to be deterred. After it caught the waft of stashed food in its nostrils, the bear tore into the tent’s canvas.The outcome was grim. Leah Davis Lokan, a 65-year-old described posthumously as “incredibly strong, incredibly athletic, brave, fearless” lay
  
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• ‘Overwhelming’: hundreds of migrating birds die after crashing into NYC glass towers

  17-09-2021 01:18 via theguardian.com
  
  A volunteer with the New York City Audubon found nearly 300 carcasses littering the sidewalks below the World Trade CenterHundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by a New York City Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses.This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent
  
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