In a scary incident, a pack of five to six stray dogs attacked a woman on the streets of Bengaluru near MS Ramaiah Hospital. The attack was caught on CCTV camera that showed a woman walking on the street and without even provoking the dogs they attacked her dropping her to the ground.
In another incident at around 7 A.M., around 10 dogs from the same area attacked a man walking on the street. Again the man did not instigate the dogs before they attacked him.
The residents of Radhakrishna Temple ward have made regular complaints regarding the unprovoked attacks by the pack of dogs on the street.
Although the residents have placed official complaints there is no action taken by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP.)
However, the counselor M. Anand when questioned about it denied receiving any complaints.
Finally, on Thursday the dogs were captured by Sarvodaya Sevabhavi Samstha.
A civic and animal welfare activist, Priya Chetty said, “The West Zone is completely undermanned and has no ABC (animal birth control) center and many intact (non-neutered) dogs. We should all speak in one voice calling for action on part of the authorities.”
She further added, “This is a classic reason why we have been pushing the ABC program so aggressively with Harini Raghavan driving the data and detailing. This situation is delicate and can explode so let’s redouble work on ABC and ARV (antiretroviral drugs.) We should also collectively be very circumspect in our conversation and communication, so we neither alienate the public concerned nor get drawn to respond.”
