Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Rabies

If Mexico, Thailand and others can eliminate dog-mediated rabies, why can’t India?

Countries like Mexico and Sri Lanka curbed rabies with mass vaccination, regulation and public discipline. India, despite official programmes, still struggles due to legal hurdles, weak enforcement and lack of political will to act decisively.

From bites to deaths: How dangerous has the stray dog menace become?

Fatal attacks, rabies deaths, and broken healthcare systems paint a grim picture of India's stray dog crisis. Beyond bites, the problem stems from failed sterilisation efforts, misplaced activism, and administrative inaction.

India’s growing stray dog population: A silent crisis that no governments are paying attention to

Dog bite cases are soaring, rabies deaths are increasing, and sterilisation programmes are failing. Yet authorities remain paralysed, allowing millions of strays to endanger everyday life in India’s streets, colonies and even gated communities.

4-year-old dies after attack by stray dog in Bhiwandi, MLA Rais Shaikh holds Municipal Corporation responsible, demands FIR

Bhiwandi East MLA Rais Shaikh has demanded an FIR be filed for negligence in the case. "In the past two or three months, nearly 800 children have been attacked by dogs in Bhiwandi. Another girl, Nayeeb, who a dog bit on July 8, passed away today. She was in a lot of pain and it is a sad incident," Shaikh said.

Tamil Nadu: Stray dog attack leaves 25 Injured in Kallakurichi, 4-year-old child succumbs to rabies in Ranipet

several people had gathered for a temple festival in V Mamandur near Chinna Salem. A dog suddenly started attacking and biting people. Over 15 devotees were bitten. The dog then went to another village and bit 12 people.

Drinking garlic juice after a dogbite will cure rabies? ‘Herbal influencer’ makes wild claims, doctors horrified

The X handle Chief Herbalist posted that drinking garlic juice can prevent rabies and people can 'treat themselves' after they are bitten by a dog.

UP: Pet cat bites Imtiazuddin and his son Azim in Kanpur; both die of rabies within a week

Imtiazuddin and his son Azim were bitten by their ailing cat, following which they too contracted rabies and died within a week.

Chennai: Stray dog who bit 29 people tests positive for rabies

Doses of anti-rabies vaccines have been administered to the injured victims in Chennai.

Meerut: 11-year-old boy dies of rabies in 2 months after getting bitten by a street dog, over 1 lakh stray dogs roaming in city

Dushyant (11), son of Dhannu, was bitten by a dog in the colony during Rakshabandhan. As per reports, the child was given only Tetanus shots and no anti-rabies doses were given.

Ghaziabad rabies death: Accused woman yet to show vaccination documents for all her pets, locals scared of stray dogs as victim family awaits justice

The GMC officials found that the accused family had three pet dogs of the Pomeranian breed and they did provide the vaccination proof for these three dogs. However, they had also domesticated dogs of Indian breeds and had not shared the details of their vaccination.

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