Overview

• Vaishnavi Sahu, 21, was attacked on August 20 in Kanpur’s Shyam Nagar near a park where dogs and monkeys had been fighting.
• Locals rushed with sticks to drive the pack away, but not before her cheek was split into two and her nose was badly injured.
• Doctors gave her 17 stitches during emergency care at Kanshiram Hospital, after which she was referred to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital and then shifted to a private facility.
• Her family says she cannot open her mouth or eat solids and is being given liquids through a straw.
• Relatives and neighbors are demanding removal or sheltering of strays as nationwide debate continues following the Supreme Court’s modified directions on sterilisation, release and handling of aggressive or rabid dogs.