panaji it is not possible to make goa rabies free if the garbage problem is not addressed murugan appupillai director education india for mission rabies said the ngo is in the process of commencing a drive to register pet dogs in all municipalities the mormugao municipal council has already started the process for compulsory registration in the port town where owners have to obtain a license for each dog from the civic body in 2017 appupillai said the ngo tested 150 dogs of which 78 dogs tested positive for rabies talking about the human casualties he said two people died last year one of a rabies and another of suspected rabies aiming to vaccinate 40000 dogs a year he said the ngo is working towards making goa the first rabiesfree state by 2030talking about rabies prevention he said not only must people know what to do if they are bitten by a dog but dog carers must seriously take up the responsibility of vaccinating their dogs and also ensure that they are sterilizedappupillai said that most of the calls received on the ngos helpline were from school children who have been educated by mission rabies about rabies what to do in case of a dog bite or how to tackle growling street dogs a puppet show on the subject will be shown at all schools he addedhe said that since the hightech microscope with the capacity to test for rabies donated by mission rabies was established at the state governments disease investigation unit laboratory in 2017 150 dogs have already been tested for the disease