Yesterday's headline that India has 63% of all cases of rabies in the world is no surprise. India probabaly has the largest number of HIV cases and certainly has the largest number of 'chamchas' in the world. Of course rabies is preventable if one takes a course of vaccines immediately. Each dose costs Rs. 290 so five doses along with doctor's fees and a shot of Tetanus Toxoid comes to nearly Rs. 2000 over one month. This may seem a small amount to prevent a certain death but for labourers earning Rs. 150 a day it is a severe financial strain. If the dog is obviously rabid, dies within a week of the bite or the bite is in the head/neck area then Rabies Immunoglobulin is mandatory costing Rs. 14000 for an adult. No hope for a poor man. The solution seems simple get rid of feral dogs, cats and monkeys esp. dogs whose numbers are growing. It can be done in a very humane manner taking care that the animals do not suffer in the least and with today's technology that would be easy but a group of stone hearted, selfish people led by this female politician will not let that happen saying it is cruelty to annimals. They want to immunize, vasectomize millions of feral dogs at tax payers expense. This in a country where people go hungry. I think we should make these callous people pay for vaccines for the poor and then we shall see how much they love annimals.