A pack of 50 canines killed and partly ate a 65-year-old women in a gruesome attack in a village in southern India. The woman was mauled as she tried to use a beach toilet.
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strays poisoned in India |
The incident happened on Friday night in the coastal village of Pulluvila in India’s southern state of Kerala, NDTV reports.
At around 21:00 local time, a woman identified by authorities as Sheeluamma, 65, went to the nearby beach to use a lavatory, since she did not have any at home. A pack of some 50 stray dogs surrounded and attacked the victim. While hearing his mother screaming, the woman’s son tried to rescue her from the canines.
The man was then also attacked by stray dogs but “escaped unhurt by jumping into the sea”, according to the Times of India.
More locals then rushed to the scene, helping to scare away the dogs and bringing the woman to the Medical College hospital. Officials say she died there due to her severe injuries.
Following the assault, residents vented their anger at authorities for failing to tackle the problem with repeated stray dog attacks. [...]
The authorities in Kerala recently appointed a special commission, which came to a staggering conclusion that around 100,000 people had been attacked by stray dogs since early 2015, the Times of India reports.
According to the outlet, the animals are even not shying away from going into crowded places. In July a canine entered a school campus in Kerala state, attacking children who were playing outside, two of whom were injured.
“Hearing their cry for help, teachers came out and drove the dog away. Both kids were rushed to the General Hospital,” local media reported.
The problem of stray dog attacks is also a major challenge for authorities in the neighboring Pakistan, where thousands of attacks on people are reported each year.
At around 21:00 local time, a woman identified by authorities as Sheeluamma, 65, went to the nearby beach to use a lavatory, since she did not have any at home. A pack of some 50 stray dogs surrounded and attacked the victim. While hearing his mother screaming, the woman’s son tried to rescue her from the canines.
The man was then also attacked by stray dogs but “escaped unhurt by jumping into the sea”, according to the Times of India.
More locals then rushed to the scene, helping to scare away the dogs and bringing the woman to the Medical College hospital. Officials say she died there due to her severe injuries.
Following the assault, residents vented their anger at authorities for failing to tackle the problem with repeated stray dog attacks. [...]
The authorities in Kerala recently appointed a special commission, which came to a staggering conclusion that around 100,000 people had been attacked by stray dogs since early 2015, the Times of India reports.
According to the outlet, the animals are even not shying away from going into crowded places. In July a canine entered a school campus in Kerala state, attacking children who were playing outside, two of whom were injured.
“Hearing their cry for help, teachers came out and drove the dog away. Both kids were rushed to the General Hospital,” local media reported.
The problem of stray dog attacks is also a major challenge for authorities in the neighboring Pakistan, where thousands of attacks on people are reported each year.
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strays poisoned in Karachi |
Officials in the country’s largest city of Karachi recently poisoned some 700 stray dogs in an attempt to try and curb the problem.
However this did not sit well with the locals who slammed the move, venting their feelings on social media.
However this did not sit well with the locals who slammed the move, venting their feelings on social media.
There are also do-gooder Dog Lovers in Karachi who voiced their anger at the authorities poisoning 700 strays.
This was remarkable considering Pakistan was and still is an Islamic Nation (like Malaysia is as declared by then-PM Mahathir in 2002 - see Lim Kit Siang's 929 & 617 Declarations).
This was remarkable considering Pakistan was and still is an Islamic Nation (like Malaysia is as declared by then-PM Mahathir in 2002 - see Lim Kit Siang's 929 & 617 Declarations).
Anyway India (in Kerala) also used the same technique of culling, by poisoning, and likewise in Australia but only in the wilderness in Oz where feral dogs have become a threat to humans and other endangered wildlife.
Meanwhile, in Malaysia we have read of the 5th victim killed from rabies infection.
This is ridiculous when 5 Malaysian citizens could still die from rabies in 21st Century Malaysia.
I urge the health authorities to stop pussyfooting around and cull all strays, effective now. It's dangerous to public safety and health (you can either die from rabies or be eaten).
Violent or argumentative Dog-loving protesters will be required to adopt a Rabies-infected stray to take home if they (the Dog Lovers) become public nuisance.
Violent or argumentative Dog-loving protesters will be required to adopt a Rabies-infected stray to take home if they (the Dog Lovers) become public nuisance.
The proliferation of dogs in the Indian sub-continent has nothing to do with any doo gooders preventing culling of dogs. The majority of city dwellers in India have
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The common dog (also called the Indiah pariah dog) is endemic in India and Pakistan. They are thought to be genetically closest to the undifferentiated ancestors of modern dogs, and also the Dingo.
So the pariah dogs are part of the natural landscape. If there is overpopulation of dogs, there should be steps taken to control them, but don't blame it on anyone.
obviously you couldn't read English so I have re--paste that part for you here:
DeleteOfficials in the country’s largest city of Karachi recently poisoned some 700 stray dogs in an attempt to try and curb the problem.
However this did not sit well with the locals who slammed the move, venting their feelings on social media.