Muskoxen have a history of attacking and goring dogs in and around Nome. Muskoxen are stocky, long-haired animals with slight shoulder humps and horns and can weigh up to 800 pounds, according to the fish and game department. The Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Wildlife Troopers and state Department of Fish and Game are investigating the officer’s death. McDaniel could not immediately say how many animals were part of the herd that Worland was trying to keep away from his sled dog team, which he and his wife kept in their yard. Alaska court services officer Curtis Worland died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox outside his home in Nome.Ĭourt services officers are law enforcement officers who provide prisoner transport services, courthouse security and court document service, troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel said.

Worland was hired as a court services officer in December 2009 and had served at the Nome Alaska State Trooper post for the entire duration of his career. “Curtis proudly wore the Court Services Officer uniform and honorably served the people of Alaska for 13 years,” Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell said. told the Nome Nugget that Worland had a large wound to the femoral artery in his thigh. Nome Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Departments Chief Jim West Jr. Worland was pronounced dead from his injuries at the scene.

Officer Curtis Worland, with the Alaska State Troopers, was trying to scare away several muskoxen that surrounded a sled dog kennel on his property near Nome when one of the beasts lunged at him, according to the agency. Two separate Walmart shootings within 24 hours leave 3 dead: reportsĪn Alaska court services officer died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox while trying to protect his dogs from a herd of the hoofed animals outside his home, officials said. Girl dead, 5 missing after landslide hits small Alaska community: official 5 family members, fisherman neighbor ID’d as dead or missing in landslideģ dead and 3 missing after landslide rips through remote Alaska fishing community

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