A woman on her morning walk was attacked by 15-20 dogs on Sunday in Hyderabad, a video shared by news agency ANI showed. Rajeshwari has sustained minor injuries.
“While I was walking between the 3rd and the 4th block, there were two dogs there. I saw them and walked away from them. But one of those dogs barked and all the dogs started attacking me. I tried to scare them away as they rounded me up. I fell and the dogs started attacking me," Rajeshwari told the agency.
She added, “If it was a child of my place, the dogs would have surely killed the child. I have 2 pet dogs in my house and thus I could handle the dogs,” reported ANI.
More than a month ago, a stray dog killed a five-month-old infant in Vikarabad, Telangana, according to HT.
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The dog entered the victims's house when he was asleep and caused injuries on several parts of the body, having consumed certain body parts.
{{/usCountry}}The dog entered the victims's house when he was asleep and caused injuries on several parts of the body, having consumed certain body parts.
{{/usCountry}}In March, the central government asked several states to ban the sales and breeding of 23 ferocious dog breeds including Pitbull Terrier, American Bulldog, Rottweiler, and Mastiffs.
According to a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare report released in December 2023, the incidents of dog bites have surged by 26.5% year-on-year from 2022 to 2023, reported HT.
In early May 2024, a video of a teenage girl getting attacked by a dog in an elevator in Noida went viral. In the video, the girl was bit on the arm by the dog, inside the lift of a housing society.
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In May, another girl was attacked by a pet dog while she was riding her bicycle in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. A German Shepherd attacked the girl while it was being held on a leash by its owner, reported HT.
(with inputs from ANI, HT)