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Pit bull quarantined, may be put down after attacking security guard
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Yogyakarta Agriculture and Food Agency officials vaccinate a dog in the subdistrict of Wirobrajan on Tuesday. Two officials visit subdistricts across Yogyakarta every day to administer the vaccine as part of an antirabies campaign. (The Jakarta Post/Bambang Muryanto)
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he Central Jakarta Food Security, Marine and Agriculture office (KPKP) has quarantined a pit bull after it attacked a security guard in a residential complex in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.
“The dog had been taken by the KPKP officials, it’s not in the neighborhood anymore,” Sawah Besar Police chief Comr. Mirzal Maulana said on Friday as reported by kompas.com.
Animal rescue organization Garda Satwa Indonesia secretary Anisa Ratna Kurnia said the dog would be in the facility for 14 days and checked by KPKP officials.
“If the rabies test or any other disease comes out negative, it will be returned to its owner. If it is rabies positive, it will be put down,” Anisa said adding that it was part of the procedure for dealing with animals with rabies, like dogs, cats and monkeys.
But putting the dog down would not settle the issue as its owner should be held accountable, she said.
“The owner should have been reprimanded, not the dog,” she said adding that the police should charge the owner for the incident.
However, Mirzal said the security guard’s family had decided not to press charges against the owner. The decision came following a mediation forum initiated by local authorities.
The owner had agreed to cover all the security guard’s medical expenses, Mirzal added.
The incident took place after Herman, the security guard, told the dog’s owner to keep the animal on a leash. Offended by the warning, the owner reportedly ordered his dog to attack the security guard.
