India, April 18 -- A 21-month-old girl playing outside her uncle's house was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in north Goa's Durgabhat area on Friday morning.

The toddler, Anabiya Shaikh, was staying at her maternal uncle's house and had stepped out while playing when a pack of 4-5 dogs attacked her.

Her family rushed her to a nearby health centre but she was dead before they could get medical help.

"What happened is terrible -- to have such a young girl be mauled to death by dogs is shocking to hear," Ponda municipal council chairperson Anand Naik said.

"As a municipality we have tied up with People for Animals who sterilise the animals. Some animals are also taken away but are returned to the original location after sterilisa...