From January to September 2019, a total of 9,699 animal bite cases have been reported.
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An official from PMC's health department said, “We are working on statistics based on the rules laid down under the National Rabbies Control programme and teams are already formed for nabbing street dogs and pigs. We are in touch with the forest department to get hold of cats and monkeys.”
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