(NAPSI)—Incidents involving dog attacks on Postal Service employees rose to more than 5,800 cases last year—but you can help get those numbers down and keep your own mail delivery up. What’s Being Done As part of the USPS 2024 National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, the organization offers crucial information for dog owners on how to be good stewards for safe mail delivery and protect both their pets and their postal delivery person. “Letter carriers are exposed to potential hazards every day, none more prevalent than a canine encounter.
All it takes is one interaction for a letter carrier to possibly suffer an injury,” said Leeann Theriault, USPS Manager, Employee Safety and Health Awareness. “The U.S.
Postal Service consistently encourages responsible pet ownership. The national dog bite campaign is an effort to promote dog bite awareness to keep our customers, their dogs, and letter carriers safe while delivering the mail.” What Dog Owners Can Do To Help With Safe Mail Delivery Letter carriers know all dogs can bite, even those perceived as nonaggressive.
Dogs are generally protective of their turf and dog owners have an important responsibility to control them to ensure safe mail delivery. Most people know the approximate time their letter carrier arrives every day. Securing your dog before the carrier approaches your property will minimize any potentially dangerous interactions.
When a letter carrier comes to your home, keep dogs: •Inside the house or behin.
