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Hyderabad marked World Zoonoses Day with awareness drives, seminars and free anti-rabies vaccination camps. Veterinary experts highlighted the importance of preventing zoonotic diseases, noting that nearly 60 per cent of human infectious diseases originate in animals and stressing timely vaccination of pets.

Addressing pet owners on the occasion of World Zoonoses Day, Collector Valluru Kranthi urged them to ensure their pets were administered anti-rabies vaccination regularly to prevent infectious diseases.

GHMC veterinary department gave Anti Rabies Vaccine to canines free of cost across the city.

A renowned French biologist who administered the inaugural rabies vaccine on the same day in 1885.

This day is also celebrated to spread awareness about risks associated with Zoonotic diseases like West Nile virus, Avian Influenza, and Ebola.

WWF India has been committed to conserving the natural environment by working in critical regions.