India, Jan. 11 -- In a step to curb dog-mediated rabies, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will launch a mobile animal rabies elimination care hospital to bolster the animal birth control (ABC) programme in newly merged villages that currently lack permanent facilities, officials said on Friday.

The PMC Veterinary Department stated that the mobile unit will cover all 34 newly merged villages within the city limits, where no fixed ABC centres exist. Currently, the ABC programme sterilises and vaccinates around 4,000 stray dogs each month. The corporation operates five permanent centres at Mundhwa, Wadki, Holkarwadi, Katraj, Baner, and Naidu Hospital.

According to civic officials, the initiative aims to bridge infrastructure gaps and e...