Rabies is just one reason why stray dogs are a snarling menace in India

The Bangalore Mirror reported last year that there were more than five lakh stray dogs in Bengaluru, and an average of 15,000 dog bites were reported every year. Representational image. AFP Representational image. AFP However, Sanober Bharucha, president of Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA), a public charitable trust, told Firstpost, “The latest dog census taken up by the Animal Husbandry Department of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), was in 2007, with approximately 1.80 lakh dogs. Since then, Bengaluru has doubled in size from about 400 sq km to nearly 800 sq km today. There is no definitive study to know the exact number of stray dogs in the city today.”