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Children run in fear from dogs at Yelahanka New Town in Bangalore

Only weeks after a two-year-old boy was mauled to death at Yelahanka New Town, an 11-year-old boy was bitten by stray dogs in the area on Sunday.

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Only weeks after a two-year-old boy was mauled to death at Yelahanka New Town, an 11-year-old boy was bitten by stray dogs in the area on Sunday.

The incident occurred in Wheel and Axle Township around 8 am.

Chethan Gowda, 11, was on his way to tuition classes along with two friends when the incident occurred on Sunday.

The dogs bit Chethan on his calf and there were abrasions in his waist. The injuries are not too deep and anti-rabies medication was provided, according to Dr Parviz Ahmed Piran, joint director, Animal Husbandry, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.

Piran said that on seeing the dogs, the boys started running. "This might have provoked the dogs. Running, it is well known, provokes dogs. Four stray dogs were rounded up and will be observed for 10 days for signs of rabies." said Piran.

Yelahanka New Town witnessed a tragedy on July 1 when two-year-old Sandeep was mauled to death by stray dogs. Dogs had bitten off Sandeep’s arm and leg.

Improper garbage disposal is one of the reasons behind the incident, said Dr Ramesh, assistant director, Animal Husbandry, Yelahanka Zone, BBMP.

“There are about 40-50 dogs in the area of which a few have been sterilised. Most garbage bins in the area have food waste, and this lures the dogs,” said Dr Ramesh, who visited the place on Sunday.

Denying that the BBMP was responsible for improper garbage disposal in the area, Dr Piran said that Wheel and Axle plant was involved in garbage disposal.

Attur ward corporator Dr Gita Shashikumar said the area followed the old system of garbage disposal wherein a truck collects the garbage from a particular point.

“The lack of civic sense among the people has led to garbage being haphazardly thrown everywhere,” said the corporator.

“The problem is that we cannot kill the dogs. We can only administer anti-rabies vaccinations and sterilise the dogs. According to the rule book, the dogs then have to be put back where they came from so as not to provoke territorial aggression in them,” she said.

Dr Shashikumar said that sterilisation of dogs was being carried out in arithmetic progression.

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