India, Jan. 8 -- a nation recording zero human rabies deaths; another achieving near-total sterilisation and vaccination of free-roaming dogs; cities documenting sustained declines in conflict, not through fear, but disciplined science. This is not an aspiration. It is evidence. It proves, unequivocally, that sterilisation combined with vaccination is the only sustainable strategy for dog population management and rabies control.

This is not just the view of animal welfare advocates. It is the settled position of leading global health authorities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) identify sterilisation and vaccination as the foundation of successful dog population programmes. Their g...