BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — U.S. Postal workers versus aggressive dogs. Mail carriers here in Buffalo have created a dog bite prevention program they’re hoping goes national. This comes as a local family fights to keep their pit bull alive after he bit a delivery person.
Zakary Darlak, Buffalo letter carrier, displays paw stickers used as a pilot program in Buffalo that would warn of a dog in a home.
Some people post ‘beware of dog’ signs on their front of their homes. But letter carriers in Western New York are taking it one step further to protect against dog attacks.
Darlack has been delivering mail in Buffalo for six years. He has a route on the city’s east side. He says a letter carrier in Corfu has created a program and Buffalo is first in the nation to start it by placing orange and yellow paw stickers on mail boxes.
“The yellow sticker is going on the house before – there’s a potential dog hazard and then the orange sticker is the color of our dog warning card goes on the house of the dog that’s possibly a hazard,” explained Darlak.