(HK) Baby boy savaged by pack of stray dogs in Hong Kong

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Baby boy savaged by pack of stray dogs in Hong Kong

Dec 22, 2007

 

Hong Kong - A 14-month-old baby boy in Hong Kong was Saturday being treated in

hospital for severe bite injuries after being savaged by a pack of stray dogs as

he played outside him home.

 

Chow Shui-lan was playing in the yard outside him home on Friday afternoon when

the eight dogs mauled him, biting him on the head, arms, back and buttocks,

police said.

 

The boy's mother rushed out of their village home in Yuen Long near Hong Kong's

border with China when she heard her son screaming, and chased the dogs away

with the help of a passer-by.

 

Dog catchers were later sent out to try to trap the mongrel dogs, which are

thought to have attacked other children and villagers in the area in recent

weeks.

 

Hong Kong is home to more than 25,000 stray dogs. Many are used as unofficial

guard dogs on constructions sites, then abandoned when building works are

finished.

 

The dogs involved in the Yuen Long attack are believed to have been left to run

wild after being used as guard dogs at a container truck parking area that

closed last year.

 

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

 

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