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- Civic bodies in Vellore, Ranipet, and Tiruvannamalai districts have speeded up mass vaccination and sterilisation drives for community dogs to improve resident safety, especially for children and senior citizens.
- The move follows an attack on a three-year-old boy by community dogs in Vaniyambadi, whose CCTV footage went viral and sparked public outcry.
- The drives are being run with the Animal Husbandry Department, the Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board, and NGOs, with veterinarians also handling cattle foot-and-mouth disease vaccination ahead of the August 1 deadline.
- Tiruvannamalai Corporation, where large crowds of devotees visit daily, has vaccinated over 4,000 of its 5,175 dogs and is building the town's first Animal Birth Control centre at a cost of Rs 64 lakh.
What to watch next
- Progress of dog vaccination coverage in Vellore district, where only 15,641 of 45,829 dogs were covered till July 25
- Opening of the new Animal Birth Control centre in Tiruvannamalai
- Completion of the parallel foot-and-mouth disease vaccination drive for cattle by the August 1 deadline
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Named India · N. Rithvik · Tirupattur district · Tiruvannamalai · Vaniyambadi · Vellore · Arunachaleswar temple · Department of Animal Husbandry · G. Anduvan · K. Balasubramanian · K. Vanitha · Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board · Tiruvannamalai Corporation
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