Each year about six Alaska mail carriers are attacked by dogs.
Updated: 16 minutes agoUS Postal Service Letter Carrier Carl Corpuz demonstrates the use of pepper spray and a satchel to defend against an aggressive dog on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Corpuz was bit by a German shepherd last summer.
Ice, snow and other inclement weather are bigger issues for mail delivery safety in Alaska, he said. But dog attacks are an ever-present threat. Corpuz, originally from the Philippines, said he decided to work for the postal service because many of his friends and family also do. He likes the job — it has given him a view of Anchorage so intimate he knows exactly where a street is without looking on a map, he said.Dog attacks on mail carriers don’t happen the way many people imagine, Neagle said. Carriers are allowed to defer delivery if they encounter what the postal service calls a “dog menace” in a yard.
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