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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police in Sembabule District are hunting the owner of dogs that reportedly mauled a six-year-old boy to death.<\/p>\n

Dan Matovu was last week attacked by a pack of dogs as he approached his home from Kyebongotoka Primary School in Kayunga \u2018B\u2019 Village, Mateete Sub County.<\/p>\n

Matovu\u2019s cry propelled his mother to come to the rescue, only to find her son with bite marks. He later succumbed to the wounds at the scene.<\/p>\n

The mother filed a case at police in Mateete, who launched a manhunt for the owner of the killer dogs.<\/p>\n

Mr Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, on Tuesday appealed to the public to avail information about the owner of the dogs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a dog owner cannot control, train and keep his or her dog, there can be very serious consequences of causing death or injuries,\u201d Mr Enanga added.<\/p>\n

Rabies is transmitted through dog bites and has symptoms such as fever, headache, and excess salivation. However, the disease is preventable.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organisation, 59,000 people die daily of rabies in more than 150 countries worldwide, with Africa contributing to 95 percent of the deaths.<\/p>\n

Action<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2016, KCCA launched stray dog poisoning exercises in which about 6,000 marauding dogs were killed in Kampala.<\/p>\n

The Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (USPCA), a nonprofit animal welfare organisation for rehoming domestic animals, started to collect all the stray dogs and give them care under one home in Mbuya.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the organisation has rescued more than 1,000 dogs from the streets of Kampala and an adoption of two dogs per week.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoisoning them is not a way to go; all animals which are abandoned need to be sheltered because I cannot leave a dog on the street suffering with no shelter, no food, and no water. They also need that care,\u201d said Mr Alex Ocheng, the USPCA manager.<\/p>\n

background<\/p>\n

In September 2009, more than 20 people in Masaka District sustained wounds after they were bitten by stray dogs; and in the same year, stray dogs killed 35 domestic animals in Ndagwe Sub-county, Lwengo District.<\/p>\n

In 2010, dogs mauled to death a 72-year-old man in Kiwenjula Village, Butenga Sub-county, Bukomansimbi District, while in 2015, eight people were, within a space of three months, hospitalised after being attacked by dogs in Sembabule.District.<\/p>\n

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