A resident of Yekaterinburg, Maria, complained that she was attacked by almost two dozen dogs when she was walking with her baby in a stroller from a store near Lake Shartash in the Kirovsky district. Writes about this edition E1.ru.
The woman said that she saw on the street a silhouette of a man on a bicycle, followed by 15 or 20 dogs. She thought that the animals were barking at him, but then she realized that they were running in her direction.
According to Maria, the dogs surrounded her, then she closed the stroller with herself. At that moment, the largest animal tore her tights with his teeth, grabbed her coat and began to tear her clothes. The woman also said that a cyclist was passing by, but he did not help her, but only said "go, they will not touch you." Only after a second request, the man began to drive away the animals, but they continued to bark. Two motorists came to the rescue, drove in cars in the direction of the dogs and dispersed them. One of the drivers helped the Russian woman get home.
Maria stated that it was the man on the bike who feeds the dogs in abandoned houses near the site of the attack. This is not the first time animals have reacted this way to humans, she said. She turned to the police, the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yekaterinburg confirmed this information.
In July, in the city of Togliatti, Samara Region, a pack of stray dogs attacked children in a playground. Three schoolchildren were playing in the yard when they were suddenly attacked by angry animals. They grabbed one of them, bit and dragged several meters along the ground, the boy was beaten off by the adults who were on the street.