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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Choking Game—Do You and Your Child Know the Deadly Dangers?

A Pine-Richland parent discovers a video on his child's cell phone showing teens participating in the dangerous activity, also known as the Pass-Out Game.

First in a Series "It looked like she was dying right in front of us." That's what a Pine-Richland father said after recently watching a video of his daughter playing the Pass-Out Game with a group of friends from middle school. He saw his child hyperventilating, then someone grabbing his daughter from behind and squeezing until she passed out. The PR parent said it took only seconds for his teenage daughter to wake up, but watching it felt like an eternity. The father, who asked for his name and that of his daughter to be withheld, said he recently found the recording during a routine check of the teen's cell phone. Also known as the Choking Game, the Pass-Out Game is anything but a game. It is more aptly described as a strangulation …

Saturday, October 20, 2012

PA Game Commission: Coyote Sightings in North Neighborhoods Not Unusual

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said coyotes have adapted well to suburban developments.

The death of a West View family's pet husky dog, possibly as a result of an encounter with a wild coyote earlier this week, shouldn't come as a surprise, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. "Coyotes have been spotted in every municipality of Pennsylvania from Erie to Philadelphia," said Jerry Feaser, spokesman for the commission. "There was even one seen within the city of Pittsburgh recently." Feaser said coyotes, as do other wild animals, use the corridors created by rivers and streams to travel into populated areas. "They're scavengers," said Feaser. "They feed on food left out in the trash or on the abundant small prey population such as squirrels, rabbits, and groundhogs." While coyotes may appear frightening, they are more…

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