Overview
- A stray dog attacked five children, including toddlers, in Devinagar, Kalaburagi, causing serious injuries and leading to their admission at GIMS Hospital.
- Local residents staged a protest at the municipal corporation office, alleging repeated complaints were ignored and demanding immediate, sustained measures.
- In Pune’s Kirkatwadi, CCTV captured a child being chased by stray dogs before passersby intervened, with the boy sustaining only minor injuries and no confirmed bite.
- PMC sent teams to the society, received a written complaint from the child’s father, found no dogs on arrival, and said aggressive animals will be caught, vaccinated, observed, and tested for rabies.
- Recent videos and earlier incidents in Kalaburagi and Belagavi have intensified scrutiny, aligning local responses with a Supreme Court directive to enforce animal birth control and vaccination.