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Guest post! Disclaimer: What you’re about to read below contains information that you may want to consider legally if a dog has bitten you and isn’t meant to replace legal advice from an attorney. To know more about the legal rights that you have as a dog bite victim, you …

In a recent dog bite incident, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was bitten by a neighbor’s pet Rottweiler in Mangadu, Chennai. The girl also got injured after being bitten as she fell hard on the ground when the dog pounced on her. The girl is reported to be recovering at a government …

Taking note of instances of dog bites and rabies cases in different parts of the country, students in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) will now be imparted lessons on dog behaviour, post-bite care and rabies prevention in schools. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has tied up with Federation of Indian Animal Protection …

Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) is all set to install ultrasonic dog repellent devices in three parks of the city to deal with stray dog menace. The MC will install the instrument in sector 7, 10 and 15 parks in the pilot project. MC commissioner Rajesh Jogpal said, “We have already …

Dog bite cases are on a rise in Delhi. As per a data, in last two years, 19 people lost their lives due to animal bites. Apart from this, around 3,000 dog bite cases were reported till April 2018. However, the hospitals under North civic bodies aren’t prepared for handling …

Recently, a Kashmiri woman was allegedly assaulted with sticks by residents of a DDA colony in Delhi’s Siddharth Extension after an argument over feeding street dogs on the road. An FIR was lodged An FIR has been registered based on the complaint by the woman. In the complaint, the woman …

An 80 year old woman’s pet dog mauled an 11-year-old boy for picking the mangoes that had fallen off her tree. The boy’s father has put down a formal complaint against the woman to the police. The police is yet to lodge an FIR. According to the victim, Arun Kumar, …

According to data of the health and family welfare department under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the state has seen an average of 300 dog-bite cases a day, or 1 lakh cases over each of the past two years (in 2016 and 2017). In 2015, the government says that …

Dog-bite victims are facing a lot of issue due to vaccines and serums going out of stock in the dispensaries of Chandigarh. The two designated dispensaries by the local Municipal Corporation in sector 19 and 38 have no vaccines for dog bite victims. Even the emergency patients remained harassed as …

Chandigarh parks have become homes for many stray dogs. More than four public parks of Sector 8 and the Fragrance garden of sector 36 need urgent attention. Stray canines have made these public parks their home, so the nearby house owners avoid going to these parks after evening. What local residents …