Mexico City - Wild dogs mauled and killed four people whose bodies were found over the past two weeks in a park on the edge of Mexico City, authorities said Monday. In one case, a teenage girl frantically called her sister with her cellphone to plead for help as the attack took place.
Neighbors of the Cerro de la Estrella, a partly wooded, hilltop park surrounded by the city's poor and populous Iztapalapa district, first found the bodies of a 26-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child in the area on Dec. 29, authorities in Mexico's capital said.
The woman, Shunashi Mendoza, was missing her left arm, and prosecutors said that both she and the boy had bled to death and been partially eaten.
Then on Friday visitors to the same park found the bodies of a teenage couple who had also bled to death.
"Experts have established that due to the gravity of the wounds, at least 10 dogs were involved in each attack," Mexico City prosecutors said in a statement.
In the second attack, Alejandra Ruiz, 15, and her boyfriend Samuel Martinez, 16, had gone to the park Friday afternoon.
The girl called her sister Diana Ruiz at around 7 p.m. pleading for help.
"Several dogs are attacking us, help me!" the girl screamed. The call then stopped.
Ruiz told Milenio Television she thought her sister was joking and still doesn't believe her sister was killed by dogs despite the call.
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Comment: The following data were extracted from the Wiki page, Fatal dog attacks in the United States and might prove instructive to have a brief look at. Prior to 2001 all deaths annually reported due to dog attacks numbered in single digits. In 2001 itself, 14 were recorded, in 2002 only 6 were noted, in 2003 - 14, 2004 - 16, 2005 - 28, 2006 - 32, 2007 - 34, 2008 - 23, 2009 - 31, 2010 - 37, 2011 - 33, 2012 -35, 2013 - 32 and finally this year, 25 so far. Clearly the overall trend is upward and coupled with the recent reports below, gleaned from across globe, indicate that something seems to be seriously disturbing man's best friend of late.
Dog attacks surging in Yarra Ranges, Australia
Indore reports at least 50 dog bite cases daily, India
Nine people killed by feral dog attacks in Rumbek, Sudan
Modesto, California: Vicious dogs roaming streets, chasing people and trapping them inside homes
Animal crackers: As well as terrorising people in Modesto, crazy dogs are now attacking stationary cars
UK: 300 per cent rise in the number of dogs attacks in Stevenage since January