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Dog bite cases are on a rise in Delhi. As per a data, in last two years, 19 people lost their lives due to animal bites. Apart from this, around 3,000 dog bite cases were reported till April 2018. However, the hospitals under North civic bodies aren’t prepared for handling …

According to data of the health and family welfare department under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the state has seen an average of 300 dog-bite cases a day, or 1 lakh cases over each of the past two years (in 2016 and 2017). In 2015, the government says that …

A free animal dispensary and mobile OPD has been set up in Sector 55 of Noida by a non-profitable group called House of Stray Animals. The dispensary will be open 24×7 and will provide free treatment to strays. The dispensary has been set up on the main road, which goes …

Kerala is planning to come out with its own anti-rabies vaccine at a cost of about Rs 150 crore, probably making it the first state in the country to manufacture the vaccine directly. The vaccine for both humans and animals would be developed simultaneously at separate labs at the Institute …

A stray dog that recently bit around 8 residents of sector 15, Chandigarh on Saturday morning has now been declared rabid. The list of victims include an 87- year- old man who also got injured.  The dog was caught by the civic body. But local residents said that the Municipal …

In the past one year more than 1.71 lakh stray dogs have been vaccinated in 5 districts of Haryana. Moreover, 39,033 stray dogs were sterilized in Hisar, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Jind and Sirsa districts during the same period. Stray dogs vaccinated in 5 districts This was disclosed in a meeting of …

Stray dogs in Kerala bite over 31000 people! In the past 3 months, stray dogs in Kerala have bitten a total of 31,114 persons, said K K Shailaja, Health Minister. As per the statistics, the highest number of dog bites were reported in the month of June, July and August. Stray dogs …

To prevent the spread of rabies in Gurgaon division, the Haryana government recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NGO Freindicos Seca-India to start a mass anti-rabies vaccination and mass sterilization of street dogs.  NGO Freindicos Seca-India will help Haryana government with the logistics. The MoU was signed by …