Posts Tagged ‘Boy’

Boy marries dog to ward off tiger attacks

Reuters – A dog rests on the steps of Delhi’s old quarter February 14, 2008. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – An infant boy was married off to his neighbors’ dog in eastern India by villagers, who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.

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Boy’s arm amputated to free him from oil well pump

Mon Feb 9, 11:00 am ET

OKLAHOMA CITY – A teenager who sneaked onto an oil well site to play on the equipment got tangled in a piece of machinery and a doctor had to amputate his left arm to free him, firefighters said.
The 17-year-old boy and his friend jumped an 8-foot fence Sunday to [...]

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Boy, 5, Dragged Away by Crocodile as Brother Watches

 Sunday, February 08, 2009An Australian tour guide plunged into a croc-infested swamp in a desperate bid to save his five-year-old son snatched by a 10-foot-long crocodile.
Steve Doble of Queensland, who owns Daintree Rainforest Rivertrain, flung himself into the waist-deep floodwaters Saturday only to find that his youngest boy had vanished.
He was alerted by the screams [...]

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Family of boy taken by crocodile in Daintree doesn’t want it killed

NEWS.com.au
February 09, 2009 02:00pm

THE parents of a five-year-old boy feared taken by a 3-metre crocodile on a north Queensland river say they don’t want any of the reptiles put down.
A search for the boy in the Daintree River, north of Cairns, resumed today, but has been hampered by the high tide.
Police say the boy, whose [...]

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