kochi a toddler suffered grievous injuries girl she was mauled by a dog in her home in maradu on tuesdaythe dog which barged into the living room pounced on the oneandhalfyearold girl and tried to drag her out of the house sources said the incident occurred around 2pmthe girl identified as haniya vinu of kuluthulli house in maradu suffered two deep wounds on her right leg the wound on her calf was about two inches deep vinu thomas the girls father said the dog sneaked into the house when the girls mother went to the adjacent room and then attacked the childi was in the house when the incident occurred seeing me it ran away but it managed to bite my child twice said vinuthe childs parents said the dog tried to drag away the child even as they rushed towards the dog it bit her leg and tried to drag her away she was inches away from steps and could have tumbled over fortunately we managed to get hold of her said midhu vinu the girls motherhaniya was bleeding profusely when she was taken to the general hospital she was given preliminary treatment and injections at the hospital and hospital sources said her condition was stablethe local residents said the dog even attacked a couple of bike riders and bit another person who tried to catch it the dog had blood dripping from its tooth when i tried to catch hold of it but it bit me on the leg and managed to escape said jyothishkr a local resident residents said the number of stray dogs in the area has seen a sudden spike recentlyearlier when campaigns were held against stray dog menace their number had come down however a new pack of strays have started to appear again recently said lijo another local residentthe incident can be considered as a wakeup call to authorities who need to take immediate measures to control the stray population however while several local residents said it was a stray dog councillors claimed it looked like a pet dogon october 15 a dog had attacked people on the streets near kalamassery the dog bit people at the hmt junction and a few migrant labourers who were heading for workat least four persons in the group had suffered severe injuries