A 64-year-old woman was bitten on the ankle and upper arm by one or more javelina while walking her dog at Madera Park in Midtown early Thursday, Feb. 1, according to a post on the Arizona Game & Fish X account.
The attacked occurred at 4:15 a.m. According to Mark Hart, PIO with Arizona Game & Fish, the javelina were hidden by a picnic table, so the victim probably did not initially see them, Hart said. She was knocked to the ground in the ensuing scuffle, Hart said. The woman was treated at TMC and released. Five javelina were involved, according to the post.
Game & Fish warned in the post that javelina think dogs are coyotes, which prey on them. They advised people to go the other way if javelina are spotted.
The attack occurred at 4:15 am. The victim probably did not initially see the javelina, which were hidden by a picnic table. She was knocked to the ground in the ensuing scuffle when the javelina attacked her dog.
Adverse interactions with dogs is the second leading cause of javelina bites; the first being illegal feeding.
