TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A Benson woman was attacked by a javelina this week, and she’s not the only one in southern Arizona who’s had a close encounter with a wild animal recently.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Arizona Game and Fish Department will begin aerial surveys of local wildlife on Saturday. AZGFD says the surveys will monitor deer and javelina populations.

Most of us in the Phoenix area have had a run-in with wildlife. But mild winter weather and a lack of rain means reports of human and wildlife encounters are on the rise.

As a regulated wildlife species, javelina “are managed alongside other big game species, including requirements that hunters follow all regulations in pursuit of the animal across all ...