Livestock Management Services (LMS) says that interrupting rabies transmission requires 70 per cent of vaccination of the dog population across the country because persistent gaps in coverage sustain outbreaks of the disease. NAN reports that World Rabies Day is commemorated annually on 28 September 28, and the theme for 2025 is “Act Now: You, Me, Community”. Mr Muhammed said that over 99 per cent of human rabies infections were from hunting and free-roaming community dogs that contact wildlife and end up spreading rabies to domestic animals and people. He emphasised that targeted vaccination of hunting and community dogs was therefore essential to mitigate the outbreak of rabies. According to him, globally, an estimated 59,000 people die from rabies annually; 99 per cent of human cases are dog-mediated.