Five-month-old baby mauled to death by dog in Telangana
Telangana. According to the police, the infant's mother had stepped out of their one-room house to attend to household chores when the dog entered and attacked the sleeping baby, resulting in the child's immediate death.
The child's parents work at a stone polishing unit.
The dog is often fed by the residents of the locality. Angry over the incident, they killed the dog, police said.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Department has announced a ban on 23 'ferocious' dog breeds including Pitbull terrier and Tosa Inu in the state.
The ban came days after a incident in Chennai where a Rottweiler dog bit and injured a child.
In the incident a five-year-old girl was grievously injured when two pet Rottweiler dogs ferociously attacked her in a park. Later cops arrested three people, including the pet owner. The case was filed after the girl's mother said the owners of the dogs «acted carelessly».
Full list of dog breeds banned in Tamil Nadu:
- Pitbull Terrier
- Tosa Inu
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- Fila Brazillia
- Dogo Argentino
- American Bulldog
- Boerboel Dog
- Kangal
- Central Asian Shepherd
- Caucasian Shepherd
- South Russian Shepherd
- Don Juan
- Šarplaninac
- Japanese Tosa
- Akita Mastiff
- Rottweiler
- Terrier
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Canario Akbash
- Wolf dog
- Moscow
- Cancarso dog
- Bandog
The girl, who is the daughter of a security guard, was playing in the park in Thousand Lights area on Sunday evening when the two Rottweilers pounced on her. Hearing her screams, the girl's mother and a few passers-by rushed to the kid's rescue and
