Srinagar, Oct. 29 -- A staggering 2,12,968 people were bitten by dogs, mostly strays, since the year 2022 in Jammu and Kashmir, chief minister Omar Abdullah informed the J&K assembly on Tuesday.

The numbers reveal that around 4,700 people were bitten by dogs on an average every month at a rate of around 160 incidents every day from the beginning of 2022 to September 2025.

In a written response to National Conference legislator Mubarak Gul, Omar informed that as many as 1,14,498 dog bite cases were reported in Kashmir valley and 98,470 cases in Jammu division during the period.

The government also informed that a total of 48,998 dogs were sterilised and vaccinated from June 2023 to September 2025 with 27,237 sterilisations done by Srina...