In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old woman abused and thrashed a 79-year-old man at a high rise society in Crossings Republik township in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Tuedsay after the latter objected the woman for feeding a stray dog.
There have been several dog-biting incidents in the past couple of months in the Delhi-NCR region, which has claimed lives of several people and left dozens injured.
A seven-year-old boy was severely mauled by a pitbull in Crossings Republik township in June when the former was playing in the area and the pet pitbull pounced on him, biting off his ear and left critical wounds on his posterior area.
Following the incident, locals protested outside a police station demanding action.
Earlier in another incident, a pet dog of a retired major of the army bit a woman resident in Noida's Sector 29's Brahmaputra Apartments in May, following which a complaint was launched against the retired major.
Meanwhile, as many as 6,427 dog bite cases have been reported in Maharashtra’s Raigad district in the past six months, PTI reported citing the officials.
The district saw 8,757 incidents of stray dogs attacking people in 2020. The number rose to 9,138 in 2021 and 10,625 last year, as per data shared by the health officials.
{{/usCountry}}The district saw 8,757 incidents of stray dogs attacking people in 2020. The number rose to 9,138 in 2021 and 10,625 last year, as per data shared by the health officials.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, the union government told the parliament that it was aware of the municipalities and corporations conducting animal birth control programmes for street dog management in an "unstructured" manner without following rules, on Tuesday.
The Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying ministry had also notified Animal Birth Control Rules 2023 on March 10 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 after superseding the ABC (Dogs) Rules, 2001.