A three year old boy, J. Prem Kumar, was mauled to death by stray dogs outside his home at Adavitakkellapadu village on Thursday afternoon. The surroundings of the colony are untidy and has often become happy hunting ground for stray dogs. Expressing shock over the incident, Municipal Commissioner C. Anuradha said that urgent measures would be taken to control stray dog menace. The boy was playing at the gate of Rajiv Gruha Kalpa housing project at Nallapadu when a pack of four dogs pounced on him and bit him. Stating that animal birth control measures have been proved to be most effective against stray dog menace, she said that the GMC has so far administered 2,367 vaccines to dogs and has set up a vaccination centre on Etukuru Road.
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