Javelinas are having a moment. If you’ve seen the news, you may have read about the squadrons of these piglike animals which have been tearing up golf courses in Arizona, much to the dismay of golfers ...

Earlier this month, a 58-year-old dog walker was treated for a broken leg after being blindsided and charged by a javelina in Tucson. The Tucson resident was treated and released, but this attack is ...

Javelina are best observed from a distance. That could be said of most wild animals, but with the collared peccary, the maxim is particularly true. Foul smelling and equally foul tempered, javelina ...

Growling, clacking teeth, the rumble of hooves – as night falls at one of the United States’ most scenic golf clubs, sinister noises reverberate off the red-rock canyon walls. And when the Arizona ...

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Imagine a brutally tough, very hairy creature with sharp tusks that could scare even a cougar. It’s a social animal that travels single-file through thick desert brush in groups called squadrons. If ...

The first javelina I ever saw was chasing one of my dogs. Poor old Sounder did not know quite how to handle the situation so he ran back to hide behind me. This wasn’t the first time I had been put ...

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A Dutch tourist who was attacked by a javelina at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has taken the first step to filing a lawsuit against the Tucson facility and Pima County. Rene Zegerius has filed a ...

A 68-year-old woman was bitten on the leg by a javelina in Arizona as it fought with her dogs, state wildlife officials are reporting. The woman, who was bitten on the shin, was treated at hospital ...

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