Overview
- A single stray dog, which attacked people across Kaij on Monday, bit about 40 residents within two hours in Mangalwar Peth, Azizpura, Bhimnagar, and Roza Mohalla.
- Hospital superintendent Dr Dattatray Kendre said staff gave anti-rabies vaccines to all 40 victims and referred ten with deep or multiple wounds to the government medical college hospital in Ambajogai.
- The rush for care produced long queues at the Kaij sub-district hospital as injured residents sought shots that prevent rabies after exposure.
- Local leader Hanumant Bhosale warned that residents will catch aggressive dogs and release them at the Nagar Panchayat office if officials do not act to remove dangerous animals.
- The incident renews debate over Animal Birth Control programs that sterilise, vaccinate, observe, and return dogs, with reports from Mumbai of a sterilised dog biting children after release fueling calls for tighter rules.