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FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff describes what the report mentioned in addition to what mail providers are doing to safeguard themselves.
HOUSTON – A brand-new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) report ranks Houston as the primary city for dog attacks on providers in the United States.
In 2022, the USPS reports more than 5,300 dog attacks on messenger throughout the nation consisting of 57 in Houston. Los Angeles, Dallas, Cleveland, and San Diego completed the USPS’s rankings.
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“Our training forbids a great deal of dog bites, however it is frightening in some cases,” said Travis Phelps, a Customer Service Supervisor for USPS in Houston. “It’s a genuine bad problem. We require the help from our clients and neighborhood to bring that problem down.”
According to Phelps, he is amazed that Houston had more dog attacks on USPS employees in 2022 than any other city in the United States.
“It truly does [surprise me],” said Phelps. “That’s simply a testimony to how we require the neighborhood to deal with us to maintain the dogs. If they see loose dogs, call animal control and get them off the street.”
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Throughout the last couple of months we’ve reported on numerous individuals in the Houston location getting assaulted by dogs. In March, an instructor was bit while outdoors her home leaving her car. Also, in February a 69-year-old was trampled to death by 2 of his next-door neighbor’s dogs.
“We constantly inform our providers to watch out and focus for the dogs,” said Phelps. “We are trained not to use earbuds. So, we can in fact hear the dogs approaching. We’re likewise trained to bring our pouches, in case of an attack, put our pouch in between us and the dog.”
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Houston has actually been ranked primary on the list 5 of the last 6 years.
“When we’re pertaining to provide mail, ensure you have your dog included on a leash, in a house, [or] behind a fence, to help avoid or get the dog bite numbers down,” said Phelps.
