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Dog attacks against postal workers spiked in 2016

By Daniel Chaitin
Published April 6, 2017 8:01pm ET
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Dog attacks against postal workers spiked in 2016
A pitbull named "Lucy" participates a the U.S. Postal Service "National Dog Bite Prevention Week" during an awareness event in at the YMCA in Los Angeles Thursday, April 6, 2017. Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades, as internet shopping booms and consumers increasingly demand seven-day-a-week package delivery and groceries dropped at their doorstep. Los Angeles topped the 2016 list with 80 attacks on postal workers, followed by Houston with 62 and Cleveland with 60. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers) | (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)

Dog attacks against postal employees are on the rise, the U.S. Postal Service reported Thursday.

There were 6,755 incidents in 2016, 200 more than the year before.

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