The immediate solution is castration of dogs.”Bhoop Singh, father of Devki, who was mauled to death by stray dogs at Pisawa village in Mathura, and (right) the spot where she was killed. ‘No other option’“We are left with no other option than to dump the cattle carcasses on the outskirts of the village, where stray dogs and birds feed upon them. Pisawa residents are agitated over the fact that no officer from the district administration has visited the village after the tragic incident. “Instances of cattle being attacked by stray dogs are common in the area but this is the first time a human life has been lost,” pointed out Sita Ram, a villager. The farmers have just harvested the rabi crop and are readying their farms for the kharif season, but the fear of stray dogs is keeping them away from their fields.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2019 20:26 UTC