Infant mauled to death by dogs; officials try to trace mother Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The police and Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) are trying to trace a mother, who delivered a newborn in the bushes and abandoned the female baby in Unagatla village in West Godavari district. The infant was mauled to death by street dogs few days ago. Villagers spotted the dogs carrying the baby and running away. When the locals chased, the canines escaped, leaving the baby. “We alerted the WD&CW, Police, Village Revenue Officer (VRO) and the Gram Secretariat staff who rushed to the spot and observed that the baby was dead. Police shifted the body to the government hospital for post-mortem,” said Unagtla woman protection secretary Achanta Gayatri on Thursday.