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A dozen javelinas attack woman walking dogs
AZSTARNET ^ | 8 DEC 2006 | Jeff Commings

Posted on 12/08/2006 4:15:25 AM PST by radar101

Heading into the Pima Pet Clinic, Tracy Gordon holds Tino, who received a large bite on the neck during a javelina attack. Another of her Chihuahuas, Peatree, was in critical condition Thursday afternoon. Gordon's leg was bitten, and she was treated at Tucson Medical Center. chris richards / arizona daily star

At 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, Gordon and her three Chihuahuas were attacked by a pack of javelinas, an unusual moment because Gordon's previous encounters with them on her daily walks were always uneventful. It started with one javelina sighting on Snyder, near North Sabino Canyon Road. The javelina charged across the street, and though it seemed that the animal wasn't about to attack them, Gordon's dogs had assumed a confrontational stance. "Their hair went up on their backs, and they had puffed up their chests," Gordon said.

How to fend off a javelina attack • Be sure there is no wildlife-feeding going on in your neighborhood. • Harass the animal or spray it with a hose. • Shake an aluminum can, such as a soda can, with pebbles or nuts and bolts in it. • Repel the animal by putting pepper or hot sauce on specific plants and ammonia in bowls where they bed down. • Remove any ground cover that the javelina may be using as shelter. • Keep them away by using fencing or electric fencing. Check local ordinances first if you choose to do this.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: arizona; javelina; javelinas; tucson
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To: texasmountainman
Uh-oh. guess the President better commission the "Javelina Study Group" (JSG) to resolve this problem.

LOL. You mean the Javelina Surrender Group :)

61 posted on 12/08/2006 6:18:56 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

javelinas are usually pretty small. 45-90 pounds on average.


62 posted on 12/08/2006 6:19:05 AM PST by absolootezer0 (stop repeat offenders - don't re-elect them.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Never bring a Chihuahua to a Javelina fight.

Post of the day.
63 posted on 12/08/2006 6:22:29 AM PST by beezdotcom
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To: absolootezer0

Small size, BIG teeth :)


64 posted on 12/08/2006 6:22:38 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: BlazingArizona
I've seen lots of javelina around here (Sedona, AZ), but I've never heard of one attacking a human.

Javelinas, also known as collared peccary, are tough desert dwellers with a fearsome reputation. “In the old days,” wrote Theodore Roosevelt in 1893, “it had been no uncommon thing for a big band to attack entirely of their own accord, and keep a hunter up a tree for hours at a time.”

William T. Hornaday, turn-of-the-twentieth-century director of the New York Zoological Park, wrote that “An enraged peccary, athirst for blood, is to any one not armed with a rifle or first-rate spear a formidable antagonist.”

(Both are quoted in Dangerous to Man, by Roger Caras.)

65 posted on 12/08/2006 6:24:34 AM PST by houeto (Jacob's enemy is the revitalized end-time beast!)
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To: radar101

66 posted on 12/08/2006 6:25:01 AM PST by bannie
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To: radar101

Javelinas love tulip bulbs and are experts at rooting them up. They don't like daffodils but will root through a bed of them if there's a chance of digging up a tulip. When motivated, they're expert at getting under fences.


67 posted on 12/08/2006 6:28:29 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (Our troops are smart. It's our politicians who are stupid.)
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To: Jemian
"...Javelina, dontcha cry for me
I've come to Arizona with my banjo on my knee"!

68 posted on 12/08/2006 6:38:55 AM PST by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: radar101

"How to fend off a javelina attack • Be sure there is no wildlife-feeding going on in your neighborhood. • Harass the animal or spray it with a hose. • Shake an aluminum can, such as a soda can, with pebbles or nuts and bolts in it. • Repel the animal by putting pepper or hot sauce on specific plants and ammonia in bowls where they bed down. • Remove any ground cover that the javelina may be using as shelter. • Keep them away by using fencing or electric fencing. Check local ordinances first if you choose to do this...."

No mention of a fast moving heavy projectile introduced to the point of the shoulder or top of the head?


69 posted on 12/08/2006 6:46:28 AM PST by petro45acp (SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG! "On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs" By David Grossman)
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To: radar101

Javelina are good for two things.

#1. Buzzard food.

#2. Coyote food.


70 posted on 12/08/2006 7:05:52 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The terrorists have many allies in the United States, especially in the democrat party.)
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To: mewzilla
I just read the entire article in your link; I now know more about peccaries than I ever thought possible.

Oh, and you owe my employer 15 minutes of my time!

71 posted on 12/08/2006 7:10:33 AM PST by -=SoylentSquirrel=- (I'm boycotting Best Buy, so yay for me.)
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To: radar101
I just forwarded this thread to my cousin in Tucson. She briefly replied "They are like wild boars. Very protective of their young. Blind as bats."

Leni

72 posted on 12/08/2006 7:12:11 AM PST by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: radar101
I have walked up on javalinas in south Texas many times, they always run away. I wonder what was different here? Javalinas aren't very big animals maybe they saw the little dogs as something they could finally beat up.
73 posted on 12/08/2006 7:12:46 AM PST by Ditter
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To: radar101

Trap them or shoot them. Turn them into sausage.


74 posted on 12/08/2006 7:15:16 AM PST by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: radar101
How to fend off a javelina attack

try a 1911a1

75 posted on 12/08/2006 7:15:41 AM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: radar101

How to fend off a javelina attack • Be sure there is no wildlife-feeding going on in your neighborhood. • Harass the animal or spray it with a hose. • Shake an aluminum can, such as a soda can, with pebbles or nuts and bolts in it. • Repel the animal by putting pepper or hot sauce on specific plants and ammonia in bowls where they bed down. • Remove any ground cover that the javelina may be using as shelter. • Keep them away by using fencing or electric fencing. Check local ordinances first if you choose to do this.....Shoot the SOB and put on spit for four hours at medium heat.


76 posted on 12/08/2006 7:35:30 AM PST by Safetgiver (Stinko De mayo, Stinko to the Commies.)
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To: eastforker

It's quite possible that science in general was wrong about much taxonomy in the 60's. For that matter, it could be today. Genetic testing may shake up quite a few classifications.


77 posted on 12/08/2006 7:38:37 AM PST by Equality 7-2521
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To: Red Badger
We can make diesel out of javelinas........

Man, you are the McGyver of Diesel! I can see it now:

*car runs out of diesel fuel in Arizona"

Wife: "Red, honey, we're out of gas."

Red Badger: "Alright, I'm gonna need a rubber band and two paper clips. That'll get us home...once I use them to kill a javelina and top off the tank."

78 posted on 12/08/2006 9:48:23 AM PST by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: Vaquero

No thanks. In an escalating effort to drive them away from his place my father shot one one and tried cooking it up- nasty, stringy meat. At least the pack stayed away for a couple months after that.

They aren't related to pigs either, they're much closer related to bears.


79 posted on 12/08/2006 10:01:02 AM PST by Flying Circus
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To: abb
"Pork Britney. The other white meat..."
80 posted on 12/08/2006 10:07:33 AM PST by Ignatz ("I think we should tax all foreigners living abroad.")
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