01/10/04

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Hound shoots hunter

ZAGREB (Reuters) - A veteran Croatian hunter was shot by his own hound while preparing to go off into the woods, a newspaper has reported.


Spaso Ivosevic, a hunter in central Croatia since 1957, cleaned and loaded his double-barrelled shotgun as usual on Wednesday, the Jutarnji List daily said in its Friday edition.


Ivosevic briefly leaned the gun against a wall near his house when his 2-year-old dog Lero, chasing chickens through the yard, stormed past and tripped over the shotgun.


It hit the ground and fired, showering Ivosevic with pellets.


The hunter was treated for a fractured leg bone, while the fate of Lero was not known.

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Spaso Ivosevic

I love Balkan names! Try say that one with a mouth full of bread crumbs.

And on a related topic:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/30/killer_hamster/

A Japanese man died after a bite from his pet hamster caused anaphylactic shock, Mainichi Shimbun reports. Ther nameless forty-something succumbed after repeated bites from the animal sensitised his immune system to such a degree that the final mouthful provoked a fatal bout of asthma.

An autopsy proved that the victim had suffered an acute reaction to protein contained in the homicidal hamster's saliva. Shortly after the assault, he began to cough and wheeze. By the time he reached Saitama Red Cross Hospital, his heart and lungs had ceased to function.

Hospital doctor Kazuya Kiyota noted that although 17 cases of pet-induced anaphylaxis had been reported in Japan since 1995, death as a result was rare. Whether al-Qaeda or the black ops arm of the CIA are taking an interest in the mammalian Nikita is not noted. ®