Mission Rabies from 1 Sept in 8 states
PTI, PANAJI | 02 July 2013 12:37 IST
Animal welfare organisations in Goa are coming together for 'Mission Rabies', an all India mass canine vaccination drive scheduled to be begin in the coastal state from September 1 onwards.
Norma Alvares, member of Animal Welfare Board of India, said the drive across India is being held by the Board in association with Worldwide Veterinary Service and Dogs Trust.
"The target is to vaccinate 50,000 dogs in 30 days in the states of Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Assam.
The programme will culminate in Assam on World Rabies Day -- September 28, 2013," she said.
The implementation of the programme in Goa will be in selected municipalities and panchayats of North Goa district in the first week of September and in South Goa district in the third week of September, Alvares said.
Over a third of the reported human cases of rabies in the world occur in India, Alvares said, adding that "Rabies is not a notifiable disease in many states of the country."
"Dog bites are most often the cause of rabies. The majority of the people who die of rabies are from the poorer and marginal communities.
Due to fear of the disease, thousands of dogs have been indiscriminately and inhumanely killed every year across India, without bringing any solution to the problem of rabies," she said.
Drop a comment
Latest News
- Dhirio to be legal from New Year 2016?
- Claude and Norma: Tireless activists, Environmentalists, Nature advocates
- Goa's Alvares 'green couple' gets Lifetime Service Award
- Govt assurance to legalise Dhirio is election stunt: Norma
- Contempt petition filed against CM Parsekar for encouraging Dhirio
- HC stays major development of Terekhol golf course
- Mission Rabies from 1 Sept in 8 states
- Trees make them express...
- Five Goenkars bag Padma awards
- Centre forced to decide on uniform fishing ban
Health
- Retd Agarwal will diaognise 'sick' GMC
- Blood-sucker Dy CM busy colouring RP, neglecting Health: Vishwajeet
- Delhi HC stays ban on +340 syrups, medicines till next Mon
- 20 Kannadigas across the border affected by Goa's monkey fever
- Centre bans 350 cough syrups, pain killers, anti-diabetics etc
- Goa's oysters harmful for lungs and kidneys?
- Goa Governor scripts dance-drama on AIDS
- Goa also 1st in using free condoms: 100%
- Maggi to hit shelves this month from Goa, Punjab, Karnataka
- Goa waits for Maharashtra move, to lift ban on Maggi noodles
