Mumbai: Population of stray dogs likely increased to 1.64 lakh, says BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said the population of stray dogs in Mumbai has likely reached 1.64 lakh which is nearly 72 per cent more than that in 2014.

The population of stray dogs in the city was 95,000 as per the census conducted in 2014, it said in a release.

The BMC has planned the next census of stray dogs in January 2024 and based on it, a large-scale rabies vaccination campaign is proposed in February 2024, the release said.

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Around one lakh stray dogs will be vaccinated in ten days, the release said.

According to PTI, the civic body with the help of a few NGOs vaccinated 26 stray dogs against rabies at Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday.