Veterinary Services Department to track down dogs involved in fatal attack of toddler
The DVS, in a written response to queries from the New Straits Times, said the identification of the animals involved was crucial to facilitate checks for rabies.
"While the issue of stray dogs is under the jurisdiction of the local council, once a dog bite case has occurred, the Health Ministry will inform the DVS to conduct checks to control rabies cases.
"In this regard, the state DVS will identify the dogs involved and examine it for any clinical signs or symptoms of rabies," it said.
It added that for cases involving stray dogs that test positive after sampling, surveillance activities will be carried out within a one to five km radius of the affected area to detect any rabies cases.
It was reported that a young couple returning home from work were horrified to find their son, who had been left under the care of his uncle, dead about 20m from their house in an Orang Asli settlement at Sungai Buloh.
In the incident on July 22, the couple noticed their front door was ajar and their one-year and seven-month-old toddler was not inside the house.
They called out his name, but there was no response. They began searching the settlement and found the boy's body surrounded by stray dogs that had attacked and mauled him to death.
Overcome with horror and grief, they carried their son to their car and rushed him to the hospital, but it was in vain.
Police received a call at 8.40am from a medical officer at Sungai Buloh Hospital, who reported that a toddler had been rushed unconscious to the emergency department.
Despite efforts by the medical team to resuscitate him, the child showed no response. He was pronounced dead at 9.14am.
A detailed examination found multiple scratches and bite marks on his head and body, which is consistent with marks of an animal attack.
It was also reported that a 19-year-old Orang Asli teen was detained by police to assist in an investigation into the death of the toddler, believed to have been fatally mauled by dogs.
The teen, from the Temuan tribe, was arrested around 11.50am on July 24 under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.
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