1 July 2009
Arusha — Arusha municipal authorities are planning to start shooting stray dogs which recently killed one a resident of Lemara.
Sources close to the municipality said the exercise may start anytime ammunition is procured from relevant sources. Recently one resident was beaten to death by animals and three others hospitalised after they were attacked by a pack of dogs on the outskirts of the town.
The regional police commander Mr. Matei Basilio told reporters that the deceased had been identified as Emmanuel Kivuyo. He lives at Lemara on the suburbs the municipality and was attacked by the animals reportedly when he was heading home from a liquour shop.
Mr. Basilio said after the incident the late Kivuyo was rushed to a hospital for treatment but succumbed to the serious wounds inflicted by the beasts. Attack of people by stray dogs have become common in Arusha in recent weeks, raising fears the victims can contract rabies and other diseases.
Three people, two identified as school children, were early this week beaten by the animals when going back home from school.
The kids were identified as Emmanuel Shauri (10), a pupil at St. Margareth, an English-medium primary school and Dennis Simon (9) from Kiurei primary school.
The attacks took place when the children were returning to the Sekei homes north of Arusha municipality.
Dennis' mother, Ms Happy Simon said the two children were attacked by a pack of dogs at around 6 pm when they were heading home from school.
Local administration at Sekei village, on the borderline of the neighbouring Arumeru district and the municipality.
Local government officials have appealed to the residents of the area to come out and assist the authorities address the problem.
Sekei village chairman, identified only as Marunda, ravaging pack of dogs may be suffering from rabies, a deadly disease which kills people as well.
Arusha municipality has a large population of stray dogs which feed on carcasses and meat left overs from the butcheries and restaurants.
Several people died and many injured from the animal attacks at Mianzini area, close to Sekei in 2005, prompting the intervention of the authorities who ordered the shooting of stray dogs.
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