Rabid dogs on the loose in Ithezhi-tezhi

Suspected rabid dogs have bitten two people in Luubwe ward in chief Musungwa in Itezhi-tezhi district.

Luubwe ward councilor Moffat Chipandwe confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Itezhi-tezhi today.

He said five dogs suspected to have rabies, attacked a young girl in Luubwe last week and she was only rescued by alert members of the public.

“Five dogs which we suspect to be rabid have bitten a young girl who has been left with injuries and another woman had her ankle bitten by one of the dogs” he said.

He said the woman was attacked on her ankle by the suspected rabid dog, last week.

” The five dogs also killed six ducks at a village in Luubwe last week” he said.

Mr. Chipandwe complained that people in the area are living in fear due to the presence of these dogs which are also reported to be biting fellow dogs in Luubwe.

He observed that last year, the veterinary department promised to vaccinate the dogs in Luubwe but nothing has been done.
He has since appealed to Veterinary department in the district to urgently control the rabid dogs to avoid loss of lives.

In February this year more than seven people were bitten by suspected rabid dogs in Masemu compound in Itezhi-tezhi. The Itezhi-tezhi police and Itezhi-tezhi district hospital recorded more than seven cases, a development which compelled government to send emergency rabies vaccines to Itezhi-tezhi district hospital.

ZANIS