A pretty appalling story out of Bulgaria:
A pack of stray dogs mauled a British woman to death in a Bulgarian village, police said on Wednesday.
Margaret Ann Gordon, 56, was walking her pet dog when the pack of about eight wild dogs attacked her on Tuesday afternoon on the outskirts of the tiny village of Nedyalsko in southeastern Bulgaria, a police spokeswoman said.
Gordon, who lived in Nedyalsko with her partner for the past two years, died from blood loss before an ambulance arrived.
“Her legs were gnawed to the bone,” the spokeswoman said. “It is a horrible story. I don’t think anything like this has ever happened in the country. It’s very shocking and terrifying indeed.”
Frequent readers of this website will know that Eastern Europe is filled with bands of wild dogs. I didn’t know how dangerous they were until reading this story.
No matter how the woman died, it’s a sad story. It’s a strange story, too, because stray dogs in Eastern Europe very, very rarely attack. They are usually too tired with malnutrition and illness to get up the gumption to attack. The dogs are often beaten and chased, but even then it is rare for a gang of them to attack anyone, especially without provocation. Very strange.
This may be the start of a trend.
This story gets fishier and fishier every time I read it. Trend? I see the hand of the American Butthash Media in this.