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US Postal Service Reminds Pet Owners To Be Responsible
Posted by: jn at 1:51PM MT on May 20, 2009
Montana Post Offices ask customers to help stamp out dog bites:  National Dog Bite Prevention Awareness Week is May 17 – 23, 2009

BILLINGS, MT — It’s getting warmer. Summer is approaching. People and their pets are outside more. And it’s the busiest time of the year for dog bite attacks to letter carriers and others.

A total of 3,100 postal carriers nationwide were bitten or received OSHA-recordable dog bite injuries in 2008; an average of 10 dog bites per day. Montana carriers had 14 various dog bite injuries last year.

These figures do not take into account the many times and situations where letter carriers encounter loose dogs and threatening dog attack situations but fortunately escape injury.

With the busiest time of the year for dog bites now here – the warmer weather months — there have already been 8 overall dog bite injuries to Montana letter carriers so far this year. Most dog bites and dog-bite related injuries to letter carriers are caused by loose or unrestrained dogs.

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Learn more from the CDC


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