Overview

• Viral CCTV clips from Indore’s Srinagar Extension and Karnataka’s Chitradurga and Hubballi have captured multiple stray dog attacks on civilians, including a college student and young children.
• Local records show more than 24,000 dog-bite cases were registered in Indore from January through mid-July 2025, one of the highest figures in the country.
• On July 12 a pack of four stray dogs severely injured a college student in Indore’s Srinagar Extension as she walked to an exam.
• Separate videos from July 15 and 16 show packs attacking a girl estimated at six to nine years old in Chitradurga and dragging a three-year-old in Hubballi before residents intervened.
• Public pressure has intensified over inadequate sterilisation and vaccination under the national ABC programme, coupled with complaints about open food waste fueling aggressive stray dog populations.