Woman left needing 外科 after herd of wild JAVELINAS attack her as she is out walking her dogs

  • The 犠牲者 was out in Fountain Hills, Arizona, when the wild pigs attacked
  • She lost her balance and fell, so that is when they started biting her?
  • They sunk their teeth into her neck and 武器 before she was pulled away
  • The woman underwent 外科 and remained 入院させるd Friday night?

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A woman is 回復するing after a herd of javelinas attacked while she was walking her dogs.

The 犠牲者, who has not been identified, was out in Fountain Hills, Arizona, on Friday when the pack of wild pigs, also known as collared peccaries, ran at her.

She lost her balance and fell. That's when the animals started biting her 武器 and neck.?

A woman is recovering after a herd of javelinas (file pictured) attacked while she was walking her dogs in Fountain Hills, Arizona?

A woman is 回復するing after a herd of javelinas (とじ込み／提出する pictured) attacked while she was walking her dogs in Fountain Hills, Arizona?

The woman's husband and a neighbor ran over and pulled the woman away, Tucson News Now 報告（する）／憶測d.?

The woman underwent 外科 and remained 入院させるd Friday night. One of the dogs also needed 外科.

She has since been 解放（する）d from hospital and is 回復するing.?

Amy Burnett, a Game and Fish, told AZ Central: 'We are fortunate that the attack was not worse.

'Attacks by javelina on humans are rare, but when they happen, public safety is our main 関心.?

All six of the animals were put 負かす／撃墜する after the horrifying 出来事/事件. ?

Javelinas are becoming an 増加するing problem in the 近隣 as 居住（者）s keep leaving out food.

Arizona's Game and Fish Department 報告（する）／憶測s that javelinas can be very 積極的な, and will even walk 権利 up to someone's 前線 door.?

The woman underwent surgery and remained hospitalized Friday night, Burnett said. One of the dogs also needed surgery (pictured)?

The woman underwent 外科 and remained 入院させるd Friday night, Burnett said. One of the dogs also needed 外科 (pictured)?

WHAT IS A JAVELINA??

Javelina?(Tayassu tajacu)?also known as collared peccary, are medium-sized animals that look 類似の to a wild boar.?

They have おもに short coarse salt and pepper colored hair, short 脚s, and a pig-like nose. The hair around the neck/shoulder area is はしけ in color giving it the look of a collar.?

Javelina have long, sharp canine teeth which protrude from the jaws about an インチ.

They live in 砂漠 washes, saguaro and palo verde forests, oak woodlands, and 牧草地s with mixed shrubs and cacti.

They can be 設立する in the 砂漠s of southeast Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southward through Mexico and Central America and into northern Argentina.?

?(Source: Arizona Sonora 砂漠 Museum)

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