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The Sitapur district administration blamed the incidents on closure of illegal abattoirs, which provided leftover meat to stray dogs.
Including this, the number of deaths due to canine attacks has reached 12 since November last year.The nightmare continues for UP's Sitapur district residents as the menace of feral stray dogs continues to hound people and their kids. On Saturday, a nine-year-old boy was attacked and killed by hounds in Talgaon area when he went out to graze goats in a field.
Speaking about the incident, SHO Yogesh Shah said, "Talgaon is almost 20 kilometres away from Khairabad and this is the first such incident in the area. We have been instructed by to patrol the area in the morning." This was confirmed by IG (Lucknow range) Sujeet Pandey.
However, the Sitapur district administration blamed the incidents on closure of illegal abattoirs, which provided leftover meat to stray dogs. Including this, the number of deaths due to canine attacks has reached 12 since November last year.
Comment: This winter is most likely a portent of what's to come. And what's more, this is yet another example of humans thinking they know nature more than they really do, and as we can see, when they get it wrong, as they often do, the consequences can be devastating: