Shimla, Aug. 24 -- In the ongoing sterilisation drive, the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has vaccinated 2,000 dogs and has begun fitting stray dogs in the city with GPS-enabled collars carrying QR codes to digitally record their location, vaccination status, and other details, alongside an ongoing anti-rabies vaccination drive.

Mayor Surinder Chauhan said, "Now, to minimise rabies cases where earlier, deaths were often discovered to have been caused by a dog bite only after the fact, we have started anti-rabies vaccination for dogs. So far, 2,000 dogs have been vaccinated". He said, "We are attaching QR code collars that, when scanned, will reveal the dog's position. Dog lovers and animal welfare groups can also track them. For aggr...