Another minor mauled to death by dogs in UP
◗ This is the 7th such death this month and 14th in the last five months ◗ Chief minister had directed the district administration to take necessary steps
Yet another girl was mauled to death by stray dogs in Sitapur district on Sunday.
According to Sitapur SP Anand Kulkarni, the victim is a 12- year- old girl identified as Reena. She was attacked by dogs in Maheshpur village and succumbed to injuries later.
This is the seventh such death this month and 14th in the last five months.
The police official said that while earlier a pack of six to eight dogs used to attack children, but this time, the number of dogs was just two.
It may be recalled that on Friday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath had visited Sitapur where he met families of those who had died in dog attacks. The chief minister had directed the district administration to take necessary steps to check the menace.
SP Sitapur said that the administration was tackling the menace and the number of dogs in packs was decreasing.
Meanwhile, animal rights activists have asked the administration to ensure that there is no “illegal extermination” of the canines as this would only worsen the situation and lead to more man- animal conflict. On May 2, a day after three children were killed by dogs, the local villagers had killed 13 stray dogs when the district officials failed to take action.
The local officials did not send the dead dogs for post mortem and buried them on the outskirts of the village.
Gauri Maulekhi, member of the Uttar Pradesh Animal Birth Control Monitoring Committee, has sent a letter to the state chief secretary to ensure that the local administration “actively” informs the people about the scientific and legal steps that are being taken by the government and discourage them from taking law into their hands.