While the whole dog chasing the letter carrier joke –perhaps comfortably visualized by Newman onSeinfeld– is almost as quondam as escargot chain armor itself , dog bites are no laughing topic for actual mail carriers . In fact , America ’s K-9s present such a big peril that the U.S. Postal Service releases an yearly write up detailing dog attacks on mail carriers across the land , and the latest number for 2015 revealthousandsof incidents .
In 2015 alone,6,549 U.S. Postal Service employee were attack by dogs– an increase of 14 % compared to the previous year , fit in to areportbyThe Washington Post . The agency recorded at least a twelve dog attacks in more than 50 cities from Rochester , NY ( 19 blast ) to San Jose , CA ( 24 attacks ) . However , the urban center where mail carrier fared the bad last year wasHouston , with a whopping 77 dog attacks , up from 63 in 2014 . Oh , and as theWaPoreport notes , that ’s on top of the city ’s oppressive humidness and want of sidewalks . Other major urban center rounded out the top five for having the most attack withSan DiegoandClevelandtying for second with 58 onslaught each follow byChicagoandDallas(57 attacks each),Los Angeles(56 ) , andLouisville(51 ) .
In light of the novel data , the Postal Service is implementing new methods it hopes will avail to stem the attacks such as a system of rules for alerting mail mail carrier to lie with frank along their routes and a novel demand for customer who schedule a rescue to take down the front of a heel at their home . The agency is also urging people to put their hotdog in another room before answering the room access when a mail carrier is there . They ’ll even make you cull up your mail at your local Emily Post bureau if the mail bearer feels threatened by your dogs . But with thousands of ankle bite and other injury , can you blame them ?
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you could condition out the full theme at the Postal Service’swebsite , but here ’s the top 10 worst city for dog flack :
10.Fort Worth , TX and San Antonio , TX - 399.Portland , OR - 418.Columbus , OH - 437.Philadelphia , PA - 446.Kansas City , MO - 465.Louisville , KY - 514.Los Angeles , CA - 563.Chicago , IL and Dallas , TX - 572.San Diego , CA and Cleveland , OH - 581.Houston , TX - 77
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