Nagpur: A recent study has revealed that 48% of people who have been bitten by dogs in the country have reached or thrown stones in the animal.
On the day of the world of Rabies which will be observed on Tuesday, Indian Puncak Fiapo Animal Rights Agency (Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations) highlights how past negative interactions with dogs correlate with human-on-dog conflicts.
The country accounts for 36% of the total global rabies cases.
In the midst of increasing cruelty cases and human-animal conflicts throughout the country, organizations have called on the intervention of urging the central and state government.
“The need for hours is to implement a powerful multi-chili program that includes animal birth control (ABC), vaccination, counseling, and medical assistance.
India becomes a high load country for rabies, it is necessary that the authorities adopt steps to eradicate zoonotic diseases This while the state health care system was still shaken from the awesome impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, “said experts.
Insis the cold of mass murder dogs recently occur throughout the country.
In the Karnataka Shivamogga District, 150 wild dogs allegedly buried alive in September 2021.
About 300 dogs allegedly destroyed in the Village of Lingapalem West Godavari District at Andhra Pradesh.
At Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, five dogs died after having acid poured on them.
Said that the concern of people affected by the increasing conflict of human-dogs can be understood, Fiapo cited the latest research that shows that the incident emerged from the fear of dog bites, advantages of population information.
“Important aspects that are often ignored are hostility and anger that can develop in society and individuals against wild dogs following this altercation.
There is not only a post-bititized counseling to fight this, but through coordinated government efforts,” said the organization .
According to the organization, this requires a large coordinated push – at the national and state level – for anti-rabies vaccination programs around the world for wild dogs and pets at regular intervals.
“It needs to run along with the ABC program to stop the excess population,” said the organization.
This organization also wants the provision of direct post-bite treatments and administrative rabies shots to bite individuals.
“People must be educated about vaccination and sterilizing their animals, and medical assistance in terms of dog bites,” experts in the organization stated.
To effectively implement such a national program, it is important for rabies to be declared a disease that can be informed.
“Changing the official status of the disease is the key to eradicating rabies.
When there are cases of rabies, all risky people and animals need to be identified, treated and vaccinated.
Such fast protocol can only be implemented if rabies make a disease that can be notified,” said Bharati Ramachandran, CEO – Fiapo.
48% of people who are bitten by dogs have animals or stones thrown, the study said
