All articles tagged with #animal incident
Originally Published 1 month ago — by The Washington Post
A raccoon broke into a Virginia ABC liquor store by crawling through the ceiling, ransacked the store, and passed out in the bathroom after drinking, before being returned to the wild.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by NBC News
A giraffe at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas lifted a toddler from the bed of a pickup truck during a feeding experience, prompting the center to ban visitors from riding in truck beds. The family involved expressed no anger towards the giraffe or the park, calling it an accident.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by New York Post
A giraffe at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas accidentally lifted a 2-year-old girl out of a truck while she was feeding it, but quickly released her unharmed after her mother screamed. The incident was captured on video by another visitor.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
A Boeing 747 cargo flight from New York JFK to Liege, Belgium, had to turn back after a horse escaped from its stall in the cargo hold. The pilots requested to return to JFK Airport and dumped 20 tonnes of fuel before landing. The plane eventually took off again and arrived in Liege three hours behind schedule. Animal incidents on planes are not uncommon, with recent reports of an otter and a rat causing uproar on a flight, as well as a bear cub breaking loose and a deadly Cape cobra slithering up a pilot's shirt.