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People Who Were Killed in Animal AttacksPeople Who Were Killed in Animal Attacks was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 26 November 2019 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Squirrel attacksSquirrel attacks was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 15 June 2017 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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The content of Squirrel attacks was merged into Animal attack on October 23, 2017. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 August 2020 and 4 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Keniett J. Vazquez. Peer reviewers: Ayub Shahada, DTM2020UPRC.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 January 2021 and 21 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jose A Jose B Jose C.

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the original discussion is here

I found the reference to the original discussion to which someone has referred and thought I would make a few comments regarding what was written in the past and what the article is meant to be now. First of all, I wanted to create an article that even a third grader could love. Second, I have carefully, though probably not perfectly made the distinction between apparent non-provoked animal attacks and all the rest. This article excludes animal attacks that have occurred in zoos or animal parks or attacks on hunters. I have done my best to exclude attacks that were made while an animal was being confined or restrained. I have excluded information that would speculate on the causes of the attacks such as habitat encroachment, the impaired hunting ability of aged tigers or even some speculations in news stories where elephants were seeking revenge. Best Regards,

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1. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Sambyal, N., Proch, A., Singh, I., & Challana, A. (2019). Animal Bite: Rabies and Beyond Rabies; A Review. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci, 8(8), 602-618.

2. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Presutti, R. J. (2001). Prevention and treatment of dog bites. American family physician, 63(8), 1567.

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4. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page)."dog bite". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

5. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Clark, M. A., Sandusky, G. E., Hawley, D. A., Pless, J. E., Fardal, P. M., & Tate, L. R. (1991). Fatal and near-fatal animal bite injuries. Journal of Forensic Science, 36(4), 1256-1261.

Keniett J. Vazquez (talk) 04:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contrary to the very broad title, all the "animals" mentioned in this article are vertebrates, and all except snakes are in fact mammals. I suppose the Attack of the Killer limpet or even bites from leeches, ticks, and mosquitoes, or loss of blood to tapeworms don't conjure up the same fear and excitement as big toothy vertebrates. Still, the article's title does seem very weak from a biological perspective (and that's not even mentioning that humans are animals too, and the source of a great many attacks... ). Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:37, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]