Ahmedabad: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on Tuesday, July 26th, informed the Loksabha about the attack on humans and other domestic animals by stray dogs in the country. The number shows that Gujarat stands at 4th place after Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and West Bengal in dog bite cases.

It is reported from the data of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, that a total of 14,50,666 cases of animal bites took place this year so far.

Gujarat has reported a constant decline in the past two years with 5,459 cases of stray animal bites this year and 192364 in 2021, which is an improvement from the previous years when there were more than 4 lakh such bites.

The government stated that it has launched the National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP) for the prevention and control of Rabies and the Local Bodies are implementing the Animal Birth Control Programme as well.

Further, the Animal Welfare Board of India has issued an advisory dated 17.05.2022 for the adoption of community animals to reduce the man-animal conflict, the reply further stated.

In addition, the government shared the details of the organisation given permission for conducting Sterilization and immunization of stray dogs across the country. Yash Domestic Research Center, Goal Foundation, People for Animals, and Sanskar Education Trust have been granted such permission in Gujarat.

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