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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Health
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A teenage boy was mauled by a rabid beaver while swimming on a family trip to a state park in Maryland.
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boy → maul → Maryland
Dominick Cebula, 13, was left needing multiple surgeries after the bloody attack at Cunningham Falls in Frederick County earlier this summer.
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Cebula → leave → County
His aunt Leigh Cebula said in a GoFundMe campaign the teenager was underwater when his mother and younger brother spotted the approaching beaver.
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mother → say → beaver
The animal, which she described as being 4-foot-long, was not provoked by Dominick but still “beelined” straight towards him.
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she → describe → him
Graphic photos shared on the fundraising page show deep cuts to his chest and both his hands.
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photos → share → chest
“He grabbed its head and a leg, and he tried to get it off of him,” Dominick’s father Jeff Cebula told WUSA9.
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father → grab → WUSA9
“At that point, he kind of felt that it was locked onto him.
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it → feel → him
And then it started shaking its head, kind of like a dog would do.”
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dog → start → head
During the struggle, Dominick was eventually able to wrench the rabid animal from his chest.
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Dominick → wrench → chest
Leigh says that her nephew was airlifted to Baltimore, amid concerns that he had a punctured lung.
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he → say → lung
She credits his ability to fight off the beaver to him being an “amazing athlete” and “winning wrestler.”
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him → credit → beaver
Once at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dominick started receiving post-exposure treatment for rabies.
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Dominick → start → rabies
Rabies is fatal in 100 percent of cases if it infects the central nervous system and clinical symptoms appear, the World Health Organization says.
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Organization → infect → system
“It’s not just one shot,” his father told WUSA9.
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father → ’ → WUSA9
“It’s multiple shots around each bite site.”
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It → ’ → site
Jeff, whose family have been visiting the park for 30 years, said his son has needed three surgeries to repair nerve damage caused by the beaver.
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son → visit → beaver
Speaking to The Frederick News-Post, Dominick said one of his hands was “messed up” following the July 26 attack.
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one → speak → attack
“I thought they were going to have to amputate my finger because the bite was down to the bone,” he said.
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he → think → bone
The fundraising appeal to help with his recovery has so far raised more than $1,330 towards a $1,500 target.
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appeal → help → target
Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources confirmed the beaver tested positive for rabies and it was euthanized a day after the incident.
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it → confirm → incident
A second rabid beaver attack took place on a 19 year-old at Cunningham Falls on August 5, about two weeks later.
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attack → take → August
Water access at Hunting Lake Creek and other parts of the park was closed, reopening on August 24 after the department confirmed there was no further evidence of rabid beavers at the location.
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department → close → location
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