Even as the Supreme Court, with a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria, flagged the “alarming rise in dog-bite incidents” and ordered immediate removal of stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals and transport hubs, Ahmedabad is staring at a full-blown crisis.

New data from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) shows that 66,136 people have been bitten by stray dogs between January and October 2025. That works out to a shocking 181 dog bites every single day in the city.

What is even more concerning is the sheer scale of Ahmedabad’s stray canine population. The city currently has an estimated 2.10 lakh stray dogs, of which 1.92 lakh have been vaccinated and sterilised. Statistically, every fourth stray dog has bitten a person this year—a figure that

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