Ludhiana, Feb. 6 -- The district has seen a three-fold rise in the cat bite cases in the last five years, according to the data from the local health department.

The data says that the district logged 121 cases in 2019, which went up to 415 in 2024.

The district recorded 111 cases in 2020, 80 in 2021, 198 in 2022, and a total of 276 cases were reported in 2023.

Civil hospital pharmacy officer Baljeet Kaur says most cases involved stray cats. She oversees anti-rabies vaccination at the hospital.

Doctors warned that just like dogs, cats are carriers of the deadly rabies virus.

However, the municipal corporation (MC) does not have a vaccination programme for stray cats.

"We do sterilise stray cats. Unlike dogs, who are vaccinated for r...