Jammu: A total of 206,460 dog bite cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the past two years, of which 126,844 were from Jammu division and 79,616 from Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo informed the Assembly on Thursday.In a written reply during Question Hour, Ito said that in Jammu region alone, 33,065 dog bite cases were reported in 2024. That number increases to 43,759 cases in 2025, bringing the region’s two-year total to 76,824 cases. Srinagar reported 12,557 cases in 2024 and 12,592 cases in 2025, the minister said.Ito said there were no reports of an increase in the number of stray dogs in the Jammu Municipal Corporation. However, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) conducted a scientific population survey in 2023 and estimated that 64,416 stray dogs were within its limits. The SMC has outsourced population management to animal sterilization and anti-rabies vaccination programmes.
