For the third consecutive day, Municipal Police officers and their paramedics responded to a citizen report of an attack by stray dogs, the kind that “aren’t anyone’s pets.”
On Thursday, May 7th, around 5 in the afternoon, Santiago Dzib Ku, a bricklayer by trade, was riding his bicycle home from work when, while traveling along 63rd Street between 50th and 52nd Streets, a dog suddenly chased him and bit him on the left foot. Fortunately, since he was wearing closed-toe leather shoes, the damage was minor.
However, he suffered a minor injury and needed to be evaluated by a Municipal Police paramedic, who washed and treated the wound and gave him recommendations to prevent health complications.
Officers attempted to locate the animal that attacked the bricklayer, but the victim was unable to see where the dog went after the attack, and no one was able to report where the dog had gone after injuring a third citizen earlier this week.
The dogs are neither entirely stray nor entirely domestic. Still, they are “given away” to families who feed them and give them free access to public streets.
These continuous attacks by stray dogs in Tizimín began on Tuesday, May 6, when the tranquility of a man in his 60s was abruptly interrupted when, out of nowhere, a dog attacked him, injuring his left calf.
The canine attack took place on 54th Street between 59th and 61st Streets. Some neighbors helped the elderly man free himself from the dog and requested emergency services to treat the injured man.
Tizimín Municipal Police officers and their paramedic arrived at the scene, treated the victim’s wound. Although they offered to take him to the hospital for a consultation, the man said he had some errands to run downtown and would then seek medical attention himself.
The animal took refuge in a home in that area; its owners are an elderly couple. Municipal authorities urge citizens to immediately report any stray dog attacks to the 911 emergency number.
TYT Newsroom
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