thiruvananthapuram as the stray dog menace continued to trigger fear and anxiety among people of the state the kerala health department has launched special antirabies vaccination for staff of various government departments who come in direct contact with the animals including dogs as part of their official duty the objective is to check the possibility of getting infected while dealing with the animals during its vaccination and sterilisation a health department statement here saidread alsostray dog menace in kerala govt responsible to protect citizens says hc orders to prevent unauthorized killing of dogskochi the kerala high court on wednesday reminded the state government that it is responsible to protect the citizens from the attacks of ferocious dogs by removing them from public spaces the court also directed for police action to curtail unauthorized killing of dogs by the public a divisionkerala 12 stray dogs found dead in kottayamseveral stray dogs were found dead in karikkode in mulakulam panchayat near kaduthuruthy in the district on monday0043caught on cam how these students in kerala escape attack by stray dogsthe animal husbandry and the local selfgovernment departments are carrying out the vaccination and sterilisation surgery for dogsthere were instances that some employees during the task had suffered dog bitesspecial vaccination has been launched keeping this in mind the vaccines are given to veterinarians livestock inspectors and those who catch and handle the animals for the purpose it said0121shocking video of stray dog attacking boy surfaces in keralahealth minister veena george and animal husbandry minister j chinchurani urged every employee who deals with animals to accept the jaban expert panel under the health department has already prepared guidelines in connection with the antirabies vaccination and issued the same to the animal husbandry and the local selfgovernment departments it saidthe training in special vaccination is being given to health department staff in all districtsapart from this awareness is being given to those employees under the animal husbandry and the local self government departments as part of another campaign as wellawareness is also being given about the first aid steps to be taken on suffering a dog bite and also on the importance of vaccination the statement added