Anti-rabies vaccination drive held in Tiruchi

Tiruchi Corporation launches anti-rabies vaccination camp for stray dogs, aiming to protect 5,000 dogs in the first phase.

The Tiruchi Corporation launched an anti-rabies vaccination camp in the city on Friday.

Mayor M. Anbazhagan flagged the camp at the Corporation’s main office in the presence of Corporation Commissioner V. Saravanan, City Health Officer M. Vijay Chandran and Deputy Mayor G. Dhivya.

There are around 43,767 stray dogs within the city limits. In the last two years, more than 21,770 stray dogs have been sterilised, vaccinated against rabies and released back to where they were caught.

As it is necessary to administer the vaccine to the dogs once every two years to protect them from rabies virus, the civic body organised a camp to identify the sterilised dogs and administer booster doses. A total of 5,000 stray dogs would be given booster shots in the first phase. Special camps would be held regularly to vaccinate all stray dogs, a press release said.