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India intensifies stray dog control after 3.7m bite cases
Gulf Today
|July 23, 2025
The Central government has intensified its efforts to manage the stray dog population and reduce dog bite incidents across the country.
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According to data presented in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, S P Singh Baghel, India reported 3.7 million (37,17,336) dog bite cases and 54 suspected human rabies deaths in 2024.
Municipalities, under Article 243(W), are mandated to implement the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, focusing on neutering and anti-rabies vaccination of stray dogs.
To streamline this, the government notified the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, superseding the earlier 2001 rules.
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