On July 31, 2013, the City of Gillette and the Gillette Police Department announced some dog prevention tactics to help prevent a dog from biting you. We wanted to share this information for our readers. You can access this via the City of Gillette’s website, read below, or download a printable copy {PDF} here.
A survey by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that dogs bite more than 4.7 million people annually, and almost 800,000 bites each year are serious enough to require medical attention. Dog bites send nearly 334,000 victims to hospital emergency rooms per year – that’s 915 people per day. Therefore the Gillette Police Department offers these 10 tips to help prevent dog bites. This is not a comprehensive list, but these tips may help you avoid a dog bite. Ten tips
For more information contact Public Information Officer Joe Lunne at (307) 686-5393.
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