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: A wounded fox shot its would-be killer in Belarus by pulling the
: trigger on the hunter's gun as the pair scuffled after the man
: tried to finish the animal off with the butt of the rifle, media
: said on Thursday.
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: The unnamed hunter, who had approached the fox after wounding it
: from a distance, was in hospital with a leg wound, while the fox
: made its escape, media said, citing prosecutors from the Grodno
: region.
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: "The animal fiercely resisted and in the struggle
: accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw," one
: prosecutor was quoted as saying.
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: Fox-hunting is popular in the picturesque farming region of
: northwestern Belarus which borders Poland.
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