Hyderabad: Will Hyderabad be the next one to remove rabies after Goa? With more than 60% of wild dogs has been sterilized and almost no death in humans because of rabies in the past six years, government authorities and animal welfare organizations say that it is not an impossible task to be achieved.
According to the Great Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), from around 4,60,000 dogs are calculated within the larger Hyderabad limits, 60% of them already have their ears onx, which means that they are sterilized, and more than 45,000 dogs have been given anti-anti-anti-dogs.
Rabies vaccination in the last four months.
“We can declare a city as rabies free when there is no human death recorded in the past year and also 90% of dogs must be vaccinated.
Even though we have not seen the death of rabies within the limits of GHM in the past six years, we have not reached Vaccination target, “said an GHMC official.
Speaking to Toi about his latest initiative in Prevention of Rabies, Chairman of the Blue Cross Amala Akineni said that every dog ​​picked up for sterilization was also given an anti-rabies (ARV) vaccination as a measure to control rabies.
“In the dog census, it is found that with every 100 dogs calculated, 40 has been sterilized.
Successful birth control or drive of anti-rabies vaccination depends on all this and shows good results, such as rabies free zones and free zones of puppies, especially where He has received community support, “Amala said.
However, to achieve long-term goals, he said that there was also a need for the management of responsible dog populations that brought the pet community, street community, animal welfare groups, and government authorities into the agreement on how to manage.
The authorities at the Institute of Preventive Medicine (HDI), who received the highest number of dog bites in Telangana, said that the number of rabies cases in humans had dropped dramatically in recent years.
“We need to understand that not all cases of dog bites are rabies.
We get around 150 dog bites every day, but when it comes to Rabies, only about five cases are recorded in the last two years,” said Director of IPM K Shankar.