{"id":15111,"date":"2016-05-25T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=15111"},"modified":"2016-05-25T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T02:00:29","slug":"video-postal-workers-to-dallas-officials-handle-loose-dog-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/05\/25\/video-postal-workers-to-dallas-officials-handle-loose-dog-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Postal Workers To Dallas Officials: Handle Loose Dog Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM)<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Mail carriers are fighting for their safety as officials with the City of Dallas continue to struggle to find answers to the stray dog problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsloc.al\/1Nwyvuf\" target=\"_blank\">The Dallas Postmaster and letter carriers will\u00a0go before the Dallas City Council this afternoon to address the risks they face on the job every day<\/a>. They say their goal is to bring more attention to a common health problem in their profession: dog bites and attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, there were more than 6,500 letter carriers attacked by dogs last year,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsloc.al\/1T9xAN7\" target=\"_blank\">57 of those were in Dallas<\/a>. \u201cDogs are protective in nature and may view our letter carriers handing mail to their owner as a threat,\u201d said USPS Safety Director Linda DeCarlo.<\/p>\n<p>The new urgency to tackle the stray dog and dog attack issue in the city of Dallas came<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsloc.al\/1YiSyMT\" target=\"_blank\">earlier this month after resident Antoinette Brown was viciously attacked and mauled<\/a>. The 52-year-old woman lingered in critical condition for a week before dying from her injuries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsloc.al\/1OoZzGv\" target=\"_blank\">Family members say she\u00a0was bitten more than 100 times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2016\/05\/25\/postal-workers-to-dallas-officials-handle-the-loose-dog-problem\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15112\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dallas-dog-problem.jpg\" alt=\"dallas-dog-problem\" width=\"478\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dallas-dog-problem.jpg 478w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dallas-dog-problem-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM)\u00a0\u2013 Mail carriers are fighting for their safety as officials with the City of Dallas continue to struggle to find answers to the stray dog problem. The Dallas Postmaster and letter carriers will\u00a0go before the Dallas City Council this afternoon to address the risks they face on the job every day. They say their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15113,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions\/15113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}