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A team led by zoo veterinary surgeon Dr Nikesh Kiran has been assigned to administer emergency rabies vaccinations to all animals housed in the same enclosure.
Children often ignore when the pet dog scratches or bites them while playing with or petting them.
The highest number of stray dog bites was recorded in Thiruvananthapuram in 2024; 50870 followed by Kollam; 37618.
Shanthamma visited the hospital on October 21 after sustaining scratches from a rabbit.
The stray dog was caught and kept under observation for rabies after it attacked a woman doctor in Ashtamichira, Thrissur.
Devanarayanan, a nine-year-old boy from Haripad, died of rabies on May 30.
Out of 13 deaths till May 30, five people had not recalled any history of animal bite or scratch.
The dog died shortly afterwards.
The aggressive dog attacked seven individuals, including a school student, in Koodaranji town on Tuesday morning.
Minister of Local Self-Governments and Excise Rajesh urged the public not to take the law into their hands and act against strays.
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