A video from Hyderabad is going viral, in which it can be seen that a 4-year-old innocent child was mauled to death by stray dogs. This incident is heart wrenching. Whoever saw this video got goosebumps. This is not the first case, when stray dogs have targeted a child.
Many such cases have been seen across the country. Many times even pet dogs have targeted humans. Who does not remember the case of Lucknow, when a pitbull mauled his own mistress to death. Today, in this article, we will tell you how many dog attacks took place in the whole world including India and how many people lost their lives in these attacks.
How many dog attacks took place in India
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, while answering a question in the Parliament last year, told how many total dog attacks have taken place on people in the country in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. According to this answer, in the year 2019, 72 lakh 77 thousand 523 dog attacks were reported, while in the year 2020, a total of 46 lakh 33 thousand 493 dog attack cases were reported, while in the year 2021, a total of 1701133 dog bite cases were reported. .
While the total number of dog attacks on Indian people by the year 2022, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, was 14 lakh 50 thousand 666. Many people have also lost their lives in these attacks. These attacks are of both stray and pet dogs. Along with this, the victims of these attacks are children, old and young.
What does the Lancet report say
By biting stray dogs, you get a disease called rabies . This disease is so deadly that if it is not treated on time, then the death of the patient can also happen. On this, in the year 2018, the medical journal Lancet published a report. It was said in this report that every year 20 thousand people die due to rabies in India. Most of these rabies cases have been transmitted to humans by dogs.
It is not that you can get rabies from every dog bite, but there is a risk of rabies from the bite of most stray dogs. At the same time, in the year 2014, the Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery presented a report, in which it was told that in the year 2011-2012, a total of 1 crore 74 lakh dog bite cases were reported in the country. Most of the victims of these attacks were small children and young people.
Dog attacks all over the world
According to the report of the World Health Organization (WHO), every year around 100,000 people are killed by dogs in the whole world. The number of attacks is in crores. While 55 thousand people die every year in the whole world due to rabies spread by dog bites. If we talk about America, according to the report of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 35 people die from dog bites here every year. 95 percent of the people who die due to rabies spread by bites are from Africa and Asia. This is not us but the report of the World Health Organization says. In the same report, it has been claimed that human deaths are more due to dog bites in developing countries, because the medical facilities here are not as advanced and hi-tech as in developed countries.
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