#mauling — Public Fediverse posts

Risks: Sharks, dogs and cars

Sharks - "Twenty-five shark bite incidents were recorded across the country last year.
The Shark-Incident Database shows that between 2000 and 2025, 559 bites were recorded in Australian waters."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-21/what-australian-shark-attack-data-reveals/106248228

Dogs - "Australia Post data shows that in the six months to May 2025, more than 1,150 dog-related incidents were recorded against postal delivery workers across the country."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/dog-attacks-who-is-responsible-explainer/105884928

Cars - "In the 12 months to November 2025, there were 1,332 deaths on roads nationwide, according to the national road safety data hub, which has yet to publish its final statistics for the year."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/02/australia-2025-road-toll-deaths-fatalities-rise-nationwide

" In 2025, 355 people died on roads in NSW, 28 more than in 2024, the state government announced on Friday. "
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/02/australia-2025-road-toll-deaths-fatalities-rise-nationwide

Cull sharks, dogs and cars?

#risks #cars #mauling #dogs #sharks #ocean #habitat #culling

Energy worker Kane Minion was mauled to death by dogs while trying to read an electricity meter

"The inquest is expected to run until Thursday, with three more witnesses to give evidence. Energy Queensland would not pay its meter reading contractor when workers skipped properties due to safety concerns about dogs, an inquest has heard...After Mr Minion's death, the company began to be paid for meter reads that were skipped due to the presence of dogs, the court heard."

"A bandog bull-mastiff cross named Dozer and a bull-mastiff Rhodesian ridgeback cross named Scooby were euthanised following the attack."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/kane-minion-dog-attack-meter-reader-inquest/105889012
#dogs #pets #OHS #work #violence #councils #mauling #pedestrians #safety

Dog mauling
A teenage girl has died in hospital after being attacked by a mix of boxer, bull Arab and Irish wolfhound. The 17-year-old girl suffered from critical injuries to her head, neck and body. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-09/teenage-girl-dies-after-singleton-dog-attack/105751342
#DogAttacks #dogs #pets #mauling #violence

And then the koalas just vanished...
Speeding cars, road designs, roaming dogs and disease are the biggest koala killers.
Logging and sprawl should also be added to the list of extinction makers

"A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South East Queensland koala population"
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"In the five years between 2009 and 2014, 52% of reported wild koala deaths were caused by car strike, 34% were from a chlamydia-related disease and 14% were because of a dog attack.

"This equates to 1,431 koala deaths from a car strike, 943 chlamydia-related deaths, and 395 dog attack deaths in just five years."

"Remember that these deaths were just the reported cases, so the real numbers would be significantly higher."
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-cars-chlamydia-canines-biggest-koala.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w
Ravi Bandara Dissanayake et al, Anthropogenic and environmental factors associated with koala deaths due to dog attacks and vehicle collisions in South-East Queensland, Australia, 2009–2013, Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40827-w
#dogs #pets #dogAttacks #Mauling #cars #speeding #roads #RoadDesign #HabitatFragmentation #koalas #wildlife #IndustrialLogging #Bellingen #ThreatenedSpecies #IntroducedSpecies #sprawl #biodiversity #conservation #extinction makers