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July 19, 2024

USPS Continues Awareness Events to Reduce Letter Carrier Dog Attacks in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – The Kingsessing Post Office, 5311 Florence Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143, will host a dog bite awareness campaign at 10 a.m. on July 23, 2024, as part of the Postal Service’s continued effort to reduce the number of dog attacks on its letter carriers. Last year, 34 letters carriers in Philadelphia were attacked, the most of any city in Pennsylvania and ninth overall nationwide.

Who:

United States Postal Service

What:

Dog Bite Attack Awareness Campaign

Where:

Kingsessing Post Office, 5311 Florence Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143

When:

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 10 a.m.

Speakers include:

Philadelphia Postmaster Roman King
USPS District Safety Manager Stephanie Centeno
Certified dog behavior specialist

The United States Postal Service kicked off its National Dog Bite Awareness campaign. Nationwide, 5,822 letter carriers were attacked last year, up 532 attacks from 2022. Pennsylvania had the fourth-highest dog attack number in the nation in 2023 with 334 incidents. One attack is too many, and unfortunately, there were 172 towns and cities across the state that had one or more bites, while Philadelphia (34), Pittsburgh (18), and Reading (11) topped the list.

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