All news on the topic: Animal attack

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized after a bear attack in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, the latest in a growing string of encounters that have triggered panic in the country.

Recently, California has experienced an increase in sea lion attacks on humans. A surfer and a lifeguard were recently hospitalized following attacks. Experts believe this behavior is caused by poisoning associated with algae blooms.

A woman has been arrested after a dog died following the incident in a park in Banbury, Oxfordshire - police said the suspected XL Bully was not on a lead at the time

A six-year-old girl was mauled in the face by her pet dog in a 48-hour spate of ‘freak’ dog attacks on children.

A Love Island winner has been released on bail pending appeal after being sentenced over his dangerously out of control dog.

A Spanish tourist has died after an elephant forcefully knocked her over with its trunk at a popular animal sanctuary in Thailand.

Coming face-to-face with a dangerous wild animal seconds before being pounced on must be truly terrifying - and below we look at some chilling examples caught on camera.

The attack happened in deep waters outside the designated swimming area of Marsa Alam, say authorities

A baby girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being bitten by an ‘XL Bully-type’ dog in Kent.

South Yorkshire Police have confirmed 13 reports relating to ’dangerous dogs’ in just 48 hours.

A 55-year-old man has been killed by a wild brown bear while foraging for mushrooms in a Slovakian forest.

A nine-year-old girl needed emergency surgery after a dog mauled her face, a court has heard.

Davina Corbin, aged 56, was discovered covered in numerous bite marks and injuries near the Blackhawk Trail in Feather Falls, California by officials at around 2am

The seven-month-old girl suffered catastrophic head injuries after being mauled by the dog, West Midlands Police said, as they were forced to "humanely destroy" the animal

Mum Kelsea Morgan needed 15 stitches to fix the hole in her face after a friend’s rottweiler-pitbull cross savaged her in a vicious attack.