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NEW DELHI: For the past three years, the stray dog menace has been on the rise in the country. The latest data shows that approximately six people face dog bites every minute in the country. Moreover, India has also become the capital of rabies-related deaths – over one-third of the world’s deaths due to rabies occur in India alone.
The number of dog bites per day has been increasing since 2021 and has almost doubled in the last three years. Parshottam Rupala, the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, informed the Parliament that there were 24.7 lakh reported dog bite incidents from different parts of the country between January and October 2023.
“There are some sporadic reports of dog attacks happening in various parts of the country,” said Rupala in response to the question from Pratima Mondal, a member of parliament. He further stated that the information made available by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (National Centre for Disease Control) shows a reduction in the number of dog attacks compared to the year 2018.
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NEW DELHI: For the past three years, the stray dog menace has been on the rise in the country. The latest data shows that approximately six people face dog bites every minute in the country. Moreover, India has also become the capital of rabies-related deaths – over one-third of the world’s deaths due to rabies occur in India alone.
The number of dog bites per day has been increasing since 2021 and has almost doubled in the last three years. Parshottam Rupala, the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, informed the Parliament that there were 24.7 lakh reported dog bite incidents from different parts of the country between January and October 2023.
“There are some sporadic reports of dog attacks happening in various parts of the country,” said Rupala in response to the question from Pratima Mondal, a member of parliament. He further stated that the information made available by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (National Centre for Disease Control) shows a reduction in the number of dog attacks compared to the year 2018.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
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