On Tuesday, Arizona Game and Fish officials announced the woman died eight days after the incident in the Pine Lake community, about 15 miles southeast of Kingman.
On Tuesday, Arizona Game and Fish officials announced a woman, who has not been named, died eight days after the incident in the Pine Lake community, about 15 miles southeast of Kingman.
The attack reportedly happened on October 26 while the woman's husband was in Kingman. According to officials, when the husband returned to their property he found his wife on the ground in the backyard with injuries that appeared to be consistent with by trampled on by an elk. He also noticed a bucket of spilled corn nearby.The wife was transported to the Kingman Regional Medical Center and then to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
When Arizona Game and Fish Department workers were alerted about the incident the following day they alerted nearby residents and reminded them not to approach or feed elk. When they arrived at the property where the incident happened, they observed multiple elk tracks in the yard. This incident is believed to be the first deadly elk attack in Arizona, according to AZGFD. There have been five reported elk attacks in the state during the past five years that resulted in various injuries.The public is urged to help keep wildlife wild. Wildlife that are fed by people, or that get food sources from items such as unsecured garbage or pet food, lose their natural fear of humans and become dependent on unnatural food sources.
For more information about the dangers of feeding wildlife, please visit https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife-conservation/living-with-wildlife/dont-feed-wildlife-keep-wildlife-wild/ .
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