Wildlife encounters

Australia: Great White Sharks Spotted after man Killed

Date: November 7th, 2011 |

A diver from Texas was killed by a shark off the coast of Rottnest Island near Perth in Western Australia Oct. 22. The island’s beaches were closed on Oct. 31 after helicopters spotted two 16-foot great white sharks. The Texan was the third person this year to die as the result of a shark attack [read more]

Seychelles: Second Deadly Shark Attack in Same Area

Date: August 30th, 2011 |

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A second deadly shark attack within a month left a British honeymooner dead and the small island-nation distraught. The British citizen was snorkeling just 60 feet from the shore off Anse Lazio beach on the island of Praslin when he was attacked. Though he was brought to shore alive, rescuers could not save him. The [read more]

Australia: Dingo Attacks Tourist on Fraser Island

Date: January 26th, 2011 |

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Queensland’s Fraser island, the world’s largest sand island and a World Heritage Site listed alongside Australia’s Uluru, Kakadu National Park and Great Barrier Reef, is a popular place for camping and for seeing dingoes in their natural habitat. But often tourists and dingoes don’t mix well. In a recent incident, five dingoes surrounded a tourist [read more]

Egypt: Sharm el-Sheikh Shark Attacks Shut Down Coastline for Swimmers

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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Most of the coastline off the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is indefinitely off-limits to swimmers because of several shark attacks that occurred over the course of a week. One woman was killed and four other tourists were seriously maimed. Officials caught and killed what they thought were the two sharks that had [read more]

Australia: Northern Territory Might Offer Cane Toad Safaris

Date: June 9th, 2010 |

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Cane toads are considered a scourge in the Northern Territory, where they were introduced in 1935 and whose numbers are estimated to have swollen to 92 million. If Darwin’s lord mayor gets his way, tour operators will be able to offer toad safaris to tourists where part of the attraction of camping out in the [read more]

Australia: Bodyboarder Dies after Shark Attack

Date: September 13th, 2011 |

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A bodyboarder had his legs bitten off by a shark and subsequently died on the shore at a popular surf spot in western Australia Sept. 4. Off the coast of Bunker Bay at a spot known as The Farm, the bodyboarder and five of his friends were out in the water when the shark attacked [read more]

Australia: Red Kangaroo Attacks Elderly Woman

Date: August 1st, 2011 |

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A rogue red kangaroo attacked a 94-year-old woman in Charleville, Queensland, knocking her to the ground and kicking her several times as she hung laundry to dry. Though she was injured and may need surgery, the woman was not seriously hurt. The red kangaroo is the world’s largest marsupial, standing over six feet tall and [read more]

Australia: Floods, Snakes, Crocodiles, and Not-So-Smart Tourists

Date: January 5th, 2011 |

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An unusually wet summer in Queensland has caused Australia’s worst flooding in decades, inundating 22 cities and covering an area as large as France and Germany combined, according to officials. Many parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton remained under water with floodwaters still on the rise Jan. 4. In addition to the danger of [read more]

Spain: Jellyfish Swarm Costa Blanca

Date: August 18th, 2010 |

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The Costa Blanca was hit by a swarm of jellyfish that prompted authorities to close several beaches after some 700 people were stung by the “mauve stinger.” The creatures are almost impossible to see in the water and their stings are ver [read more]

India: Visa Requirements Revised Again, Tiger Attack Shuts Part of National Park

Date: March 24th, 2010 |

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The government plans to withdraw the requirement it imposed in December on multiple-entry visas that forced tourists to remain outside India for two months between trips. The new visa rules will allow three trips to India per multiple-entry visa, after which the traveler will need to apply for another visa. In other news, part of [read more]

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