11 Mail Workers Attacked by Dogs at Work Each Day in Australia

Australia’s national mail carrier is pleading with dog owners to secure their dogs amid serious safety concerns for mail delivery workers. New data released by Australia Post reveals more than 1,420 dog-related incidents have taken place in Australia in the last six months. This equates to around 55 mail workers per week falling victim to dog-related incidents, which is 11 per day in a five-day working week. The postal service found that one half of all dog-related incidents took place on customer property, while one in three happened at the customer’s front door. However, 34 percent of all of these incidents took place on the street. Dogs who were with their owner at the time made up 8 percent of these incidents, while in 26 percent of cases, the dog escaped a property to “attack a postie.”...