Raichur, July 16 -- A one-and-a-half-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, July 15, after being brutally attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Karnataka's Raichur district.

The incident triggered outrage among local residents and renewed demands for effective measures to tackle the growing menace of stray animals.

The victim, identified as 18-month-old Anam, was playing outside her house at K Hanchikyal Camp in Sindhanur taluk when the incident occurred. According to family members, the child had woken up from sleep and stepped outside to play near her home when six to seven stray dogs suddenly surrounded and attacked her.

The dogs allegedly dragged the toddler and bit her repeatedly, inflicting severe injuries across her...