{"id":262,"date":"2026-09-07T02:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/gcc-progresses-in-city-wide-stray-dog-vaccination-drive\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T02:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:31:17","slug":"gcc-progresses-in-city-wide-stray-dog-vaccination-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/gcc-progresses-in-city-wide-stray-dog-vaccination-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"GCC Progresses in City-Wide Stray Dog Vaccination Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133847090,imgsize-1920611.cms\" alt=\"GCC Progresses in City-Wide Stray Dog Vaccination Drive\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Over 60,000 Canines Receive Anti-Rabies Shots, Corporation Targets 2 Lakh<\/h2>\n<p>The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has reported significant progress in its ongoing anti-rabies vaccination campaign for stray dogs across the city. As part of this crucial public health initiative, more than 60,000 street dogs have already received their anti-rabies inoculations.<\/p>\n<p>The civic body has set an ambitious target to vaccinate a total of 2 lakh (200,000) stray dogs. This extensive drive is a key component of the GCC&#8217;s efforts to control the spread of rabies and enhance community safety for residents.<\/p>\n<p>Teams are actively engaged in various zones, focusing on the humane capture, vaccination, and release of these animals. The programme aims to ensure comprehensive coverage, contributing to a healthier urban environment for both the city&#8217;s human population and its street dog population.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tags: chennai, gcc, stray dogs, rabies vaccination, animal welfare, public health, civic body<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 60,000 Canines Receive Anti-Rabies Shots, Corporation Targets 2 Lakh The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has reported significant progress in its ongoing anti-rabies vaccination campaign for stray dogs across the city. As part of this crucial public health initiative, more than 60,000 street dogs have already received their anti-rabies inoculations&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nungambakkamtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}