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The dog was bitten and its owner bruised in the incident near North Swan and East Fort Lowell roads, the Arizona Game & Fish Department said in a tweet.

“Garbage (is) a major javelina attractant; take to curb day of pickup,� the tweet said.

“Reverse course when dog walking if javelina are seen.�

No other information was given about the incident.

This was the second javelina attack on a dog walker reported by Game & Fish in Tucson in the last month.

A 58-year-old suffered a broken leg when a javelina charged on March 7, the department said. The “blind-side� attack occurred near Craycroft Road and 22nd Street.

“Javelina think dogs are coyotes� and defend themselves against the perceived predators, Game & Fish said. “Victims get hurt when defending their dogs. Go the other way ASAP when javelina are seen.�

In September 2022, two people were bitten by javelina in the Tucson area while walking their dogs in separate incidents, state wildlife officials reported then.

One, an 11-year-old girl who was walking with her mother, was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital after being bitten near Campbell Avenue and Skyline Drive.

That came two days after a woman and her dog were attacked from behind by a javelina on La Cholla Boulevard near Magee Road. The woman was left with a 2-inch gash on her thigh, and her dog with a leg wound, both of which required treatment but no hospitalization, according to ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÏñAV archives.

Game & Fish Department spokesman Mark Hart explained then that javelinas are not normally aggressive toward people but will react instinctively to perceived threats.

“They have a keen sense of smell, but they don’t see very well,� he said. “They can’t distinguish the difference between a dog and a coyote, and a coyote is a natural enemy.�