Hyderabad: A day after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of street dogs in Hyderabad on Tuesday, more cases of street dog attacks have been reported from Telangana. According to reports, a young boy was attacked by street dogs in Chaitanyapuri in Hyderabad. The boy was attacked by the strays when he was playing outside his house. He was admitted to the hospital with injuries.
In another incident, a student of Sankarapatnam SC hostel was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Karimnagar. He suffered serious bite wounds and was admitted to hospital, according to reports.
The Hyderabad incident has sent shockwaves across the state and public protest is mounting against the failure of authorities in controlling the stray dog menace. The roads have become unsafe with the pack of ferocious stray dogs are roaming around. The increasing number of dog bite incidents has instilled fear among those who go for morning walk and people who start their day early like milk suppliers or garbage pickers.
Meanwhile, after the Hyderabad incident, the civic officials captured roughly 30 dogs from Amberpet, sterilised them, and released them back into the neighbourhood. The corporation officials claimed that the dog-catching drive is held on a regular basis, and that the GHMC was carrying out the Animal Birth Control (Dog) Regulations 2001 as well as the Animal Welfare Board of India’s standard operating procedures.
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