A javelina bit a 29-year-old woman overnight, officials say.
The woman was walking her dog in the Catalina Foothills area when the incident happened. She was treated at Northwest Hospital for a six-inch gash to her thigh, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
Department officials also recommended she receive a rabies shot.
According to Game and Fish, javelinas think dogs are coyotes and "react instinctively." Officials suggest walking in a different direction when spotting a javelina.
Woman, age 29, bitten by a javelina overnight while walking her dog in the Catalina Foothills. Six inch gash to thigh treated at Northwest Hospital, rabies shots recommended. Javelina think dogs are coyotes and react instictively, go the other way if possible. Photo by Mark Hart. pic.twitter.com/oVIR9xFDI5
— AZ Game & Fish Dept (@azgfdTucson) August 17, 2020
