A person and his spouse have been injured as they have been attacked by a pet pit bull canine in Ghuman Nagar space of Patiala on Wednesday.
The couple, accompanied by a neighborhood property vendor, had gone to examine a home out there for hire when the canine abruptly attacked them.
In response to data, the couple rang the doorbell of the home, following which the pit bull got here out and attacked them. Regardless of makes an attempt by locals to rescue them, the canine bit the couple, inflicting a number of accidents to totally different components of their our bodies. They have been rushed to a non-public hospital, the place they’re present process therapy.
A video purportedly exhibiting the incident has gone viral on social media.
When contacted, a senior official of the Municipal Company, stated the civic physique had banned conserving ferocious breeds of canine, together with pit bulls, as pets.
The Division of Animal Husbandry and Dairying had earlier directed states and Union Territories to take steps in opposition to the sale, breeding and conserving of a number of ferocious canine breeds, together with Pitbull Terriers, American Bulldogs and Rottweilers. Nevertheless, implementation of such instructions on the bottom stays a problem.
