(CN) 45,000 bitten by dogs in 10 months

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China Daily December 13, 2001

 

More than 45,000 people were bitten by dogs in the first 10 months of the

year, the Shanghai Disease Controlling Centre has said. On an average 50,000

people are bitten by dogs every year, reports Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily.

The number of pet dogs in Shanghai has increased, and so have unlicensed

dogs. These dogs' excreta soil public meadows and their barking disturbs

neighbours. Shanghai will implement stricter rules for pet management;

banning walking of dogs in public places being one of them.