DPH talks preventing dog bites

The dog's owner is suspected of neglecting the animal and causing the injury.

A five-year-old girl was attacked by a Pitbull breed dog at the door of a ballplayer located in Pedro Vittori and Chacabuco. It happened in the afternoon of Monday. She was quickly taken to Dr. Orlando Alassia hospital where she was treated by small wounds on the face and brain zone. According to the director of the nosocomium, Dr. Pablo Ledesma, “she was evaluated, healed, medicated and externaled with alarm signs.” Her father talked to the LT1…

DPH talks preventing dog bites

COLUMBIA — Any dog — even close family pets — can bite a person and cause injury. With the second full week of April being National Dog Bite Prevention Week, health officials have been reminding people of ways to prevent…

A serious incident involving a girl and a dog on 28 March 2025 in the commune of Grand-Bassam revived the debate on the management of pets in Côte d'Ivoire. In a recently released communiqué of which Linfodrome received a copy, the Committee of Canine Friends of Côte d'Ivoire expressed its deep dismay and called for a collective awareness.

The animal was ordered to be euthanized.

Both were seriously injured. A dog bit two people on the hand in Filpuntie, Pori, the Southwest Finland Police report. The incident occurred on Monday morning. According to preliminary police information, the dog had first managed to bite a bystander on the hand during a walk.