BHUBANESWAR : The capital city is yet again witnessing an alarming rise in dog bite cases.
In the last one-and-a-half month, around 500 people have taken anti-rabies injection from the BMC hospital in the capital city. Similarly, the Capital Hospital has this year received more than 100 cases every day, particularly during the breeding season (October, November and December) when the dogs are the most aggressive.
The increasing population of stray dogs and rising dog bite cases are being attributed to the improper implementation of the ABC programme. The dog sterilisation drive was put on hold in June this year by the Orissa High Court following a petition filed by an animal rights activist Biswajit Pradhan alleging mismanagement in the birth control surgeries of the canines by a private party engaged by the BMC.
