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Bald eagle’s porch attack on Yorkie warrants another look

A recent owl attack on a man and his dog is reminiscent of a bald eagle attack on a Yorkie that was captured on video.

News item: Owl swoops toward dog and returns seconds later to attack the dog’s owner this week in Medfield, Mass. The dog is OK and its owner is nursing minor head wounds.

Reaction: Large birds of prey can be territorial, especially during fall/winter nesting seasons. They might also perceive small dogs as prey.

The incident, which was not captured on video, is reminiscent of a 2022 bald eagle attack on a Yorkie in broad daylight in British Columbia.

That extraordinary scene, which includes frantic yelps and a nearly successful porch theft of the Yorkie, was caught on video. The footage is posted below and might serve as a reminder to keep small pets close at all times.

Watch: Man and pet Yorkie face down intruding black bear

Video footage captured recently in Pace, Fla., shows a man and his pet Yorkie attempting to scare off a black bear that had climbed onto a fence and threatened to enter the yard.

Video footage captured recently in Pace, Fla., shows a man and his Yorkie attempting to scare off a black bear that had climbed onto a fence and threatened to enter the yard.

The thickset man is shown calling Max, the Yorkie, away from the fence. But Max remains at the base of the fence and continues to bark.

At one point the bear swipes its paw toward Max, causing him and man to temporarily back away.

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But the man continues to call his dog and clap loudly – a technique sometimes used by specialists to persuade bears to leave populated areas – and ultimately the bear climbs down the tree opposite the fence and disappears.

Was the man brave or foolish to remain so close to the bear, perhaps emboldening Max to do the same? Or did he handle the situation admirably?

Reads one of the more popular comments below the Viralhog Instagram post:

“That guy looks like he could take the bear on.”

Watch: Bald eagle attempts to fly off with pet Yorkie

A Yorkshire terrier has survived a terrifying ordeal involving a bald eagle intent on making a meal of the pooch.

The accompanying footage, captured by a doorbell camera in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, shows the Yorkie, named Coco, crying out as a shadow appears overhead and the eagle swoops down to grab her from a porch.

Justin Dudoward, the dog owner, told FTW Outdoors that he did not witness the predation event, which occurred last Thursday. “I just heard her cries,” he said of Coco.

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The eagle bangs into a container as it attempts to take flight, as Coco bawls.

But the large raptor would leave empty-handed. Coco reappears in front of the camera at 12 seconds, running toward the house. Dudoward said she was uninjured.

The footage might serve as a reminder, however, that coyotes and mountain lions are not the only threats to small dogs left outside.

Although bald eagles prey mostly on fish, they’ll attack birds, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, muskrats, and other small mammals.

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