Karwar
The Goa-Karnataka border dispute has been going on for many years. Meanwhile, the Karnataka government has extended its plan to the taluks that share a border. Mission Rabies is being implemented in border talukas. Many people have lost their lives due to stray dog menace in the state. People have been demanding for many years that stray dogs be caught and vaccinated against rabies along with sterilisation.
The Karnataka government had implemented the scheme only in a few districts. The Goa border taluk of Uttara Kannada district, which has been deprived of the rabies vaccination programme, has not yet caught or vaccinated stray dogs. Goa, which has become a rabies-free state in the country, has now implemented the scheme by spending the cost of the ‘Mission Rabies’ project for the border taluks of Karnataka from its own coffers.
So far, more than 24 stray dogs in Karwar have been diagnosed with rabies in tests conducted by the Goa government. Therefore, it has implemented the project in Karwar and Joida taluks using its funds. In Karwar, the state’s Mission Rabies team has vaccinated more than 2,500 dogs against rabies in the last two weeks. Two tams are operating from Panaji and are coming every day. Apart from providing free injections, a 24×7 helpline has also been opened to provide free treatment to dogs, cows and cats with their own funds. There are more than 2,500 stray dogs. The number of stray dogs is high. Recently, stray dog bites have also increased, with cows dying of rabies in the past. The local administration has not taken any action despite the increase in the menace of stray dogs. The animal husbandry department also does not have information on the extent of rabies infection.
