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Stray attacks in Kannur: Min to hold meet today
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Kannur: Amid the growing fear and public outcry following stray dog attacks on 80 people in Kannur in the last few days, minister Kadannappally Ramachandran will convene a meeting at the collectorate on Friday to discuss the menace.
K Sudhakaran MP, corporation mayor Muslif Madathil, district panchayat president K K Rathnakumari, district collector Arun K Vijayan, city police commissioner P Nithin Raj as well as officials with health and animal husbandry departments, Indian Railways and Kannur Cantonment will attend.
Kannur corporation held a special council meeting on Thursday to discuss the issue. The meeting witnessed a heated verbal exchange between the councillors of the ruling front and the opposition.
Mayor Madathil said the corporation would set up a dedicated shelter for stray dogs and an animal birth control unit to tackle the issue. An all-party meeting will be convened to finalize the units' location, he said.
Meanwhile, a five-year-old boy was admitted to the Pariyaram Govt Medical College Hospital with rabies despite being administered a vaccine. The child is now on ventilator support. The boy was bitten by a stray dog near SN Park at Payyambalam on May 31.
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He sustained serious injuries on his face and leg. According to his parents from Tamil Nadu, the boy was rushed to the hospital and given an anti-rabies vaccination. But he developed fever and rabies symptoms before tests confirmed it.
5 students attacked in Idukki
Five students of Devikulam Tamil Higher Secondary School were injured in a stray dog attack on Thursday. While they were attacked on their way to school in the morning near its premises, Mahendran, another student, was reportedly bitten on Wednesday evening. The injured were admitted to Adimali taluk hospital.
