Discussion: Rabid Ukrainian Dogs

I read on Eva Jurenikova's webpage that a couple of British orienteers, who are in Ukraine for a pre-WOC training camp this week, were bitten by some dogs out in the woods yesterday and had to be taken to the hospital. I've seen no other info about this anywhere, including Nopesport or any AP training logs. Does anyone know anything about this? Who was it? Are they ok?

Pretty scary, if true. We should find out which map it was and not go there... Marc says they encounter dogs on one training and hard to "run around" not going to one control. Seems like a problem. Boris did you encounter any dogs while you were there?

Yeah, I did, but Soviet dogs can smell their former countrymen and either get out of the way or point to the right control.

Not really. Shep and RobW can both testify to me leaping and shrieking like a little girl when I almost stepped on a sleeping dog with puppies curled up next to her on our first day there.

I think dogs will be a problem everywhere. More so at some locations, less at others.

I asked Dima Nalyotov (SI-team) about that. He answered me:
One of orienteer on the finish has told that the dog has pursued him. I did not hear that dog has bitten someone. Outside of the Championship as have told, there was a case when after a bite have gone to emergency clinic and there the inoculation from tetanus and from rabies has been made. And in general here it is cheerful enough... At night there is a downpour. Promise it and tomorrow during start. By the way, tomorrow, if it will turn out, we shall organize on-line. But - not the fact... The Mobile Internet for these places - a rarity.
In Russian here: http://www.moscompass.ru/news/index.php?m=1

It's up on nopesport now. Two girls were bitten, both are back home safely but having to undergo treatment for potential rabies infection. Jenny is in high hopes though and just happy that this means she can be bitten by as many dogs as she likes at WOC and not need to worry! :s I'd be terrified!

Pippa's still in Kiev actually (as planned) but she's fine. The dogs were on Vyshgerod (?) which is the Ukrainian Long Champs area tomorrow - so good luck to everyone running!!