Woman Killed in Moose Attack

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - A woman was killed in a suspected moose attack outside a Wasilla home on Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers say.

Troopers were notified at around 3:17 p.m. yesterday that the woman’s body had been found in the front yard of her home on Timberview Drive in Wasilla. Troopers responded and identified the deceased woman as 74-year-old Pattie Cucinello.

The State Medical Examiner responded to the scene and took custody of the remains for an autopsy, troopers said. Cucinello’s family members were notified.

No foul play is suspected in Cucinello’s death, troopers wrote. According to spokeswoman Megan Peters, investigators found moose tracks in the yard where Cucinello was found and believe she may have been killed in a moose attack.

However, a cause of death still needs to be confirmed by the medical examiner, Peters said.

As If Bears Weren't Bad Enough

... now we have to worry about THIS?

Beaver Attack on Dog Prompts Warnings for University Lake

Ira Levinton was walking with his eight-year-old dog Mason at University Lake when he was attacked by a beaver on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

BILL ROTH — Anchorage Daily News

A beaver attacked and injured a dog Wednesday morning at Anchorage's University Lake dog park, leaving several deep bite wounds in the dog's rump, its owner said.

City parks officials have warned users of the off-leash dog park about beavers in the past, and similar attacks in recent years have left dogs severely injured. Additional signs have again gone up around University Lake warning of a female beaver protecting its offspring, called kits, said municipal parks superintendent Holly Spoth-Torres.

"Activity has increased in the last couple years, the beaver-dog interactions," Spoth-Torres said.

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