An Arizona woman died after being attacked by an elk outside her home in what's believed to be the state's first fatal elk attack.
On Tuesday, Arizona Game and Fish Department 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 Oct. 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 being trampled on by an elk. He also reported seeing a bucket of spilled corn nearby.The woman was transported to the Kingman Regional Medical Center then to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.
On Nov. 3, the Kingman Police Department contacted the Arizona Game and Fish Department saying the woman had died at the hospital. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office in Nevada determined the death to be an accident.When AZGFD workers were alerted about the incident the day after, 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.
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