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Achieving a Rabies-Free Goa and Challenges with the dog population
by Dr. Murugan Appupillai
Director Education(India), Mission Rabies, Worldwide Veterinary Service, UK
(Formerly ITEC Expert, High Commission of India)

Friday | 28 June 2019 | 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm

Organised by The International Centre Goa and Mission Rabies

Entry Free and Open to all

Achieving a Rabies-Free Goa and Challenges with the dog population
Is dog a man’s friend or a threat? Dog is in fact the best companion animal in the world, internationally accepted, but unfortunately dogs spread Rabies a deadly disease to human. What shall we do? What is the solution? Can we kill all dogs?
Dogs are actually victims of this Rabies virus. Mission Rabies in collaboration with Government of Goa is working very hard to eliminate this virus from Goa state to make Goa Rabies free and keep the dogs safer to human. This is a marathon task but still we are successful to a very large extent.
– How the Rabies is being eliminated?
– How we can make the dogs friendly and enjoy their company?
– How the dog bite could be prevented?
– If bitten, How to manage a dog bite?
– How the dog population could be controlled and who is responsible for it?

Dr. Murugan Appupillai is a Veterinarian by profession. Out of his passion for Rural Development, he worked for ‘OPERATION FLOOD’ and ‘FMD CONTROL’ Projects for the National Dairy Development Board in India for 20 years until 2002. He last served as General Manager of Thanjavur District Milk Union (Aavin) in Tamilnadu and then selected to Govt of India Foreign Service as ITEC Expert/Adviser in the Indian High Commission. He has since been worked in South America, Sri Lanka, Malaysia , Malawi Africa and the United Kingdom and settled with his family in the United Kingdom as a British Citizen.
He then joined Mission Rabies and moved to India as Director Education placed in Goa. He gets the credit of being the founder of Mission Rabies Education. Dr. Murugan enjoys social works and is the past president and member of Rotary clubs in a few countries. He loves his family and pets and enjoys spending time and travel with them during his breaks. His wife is past Innerwheel Secretary and blessed with a daughter, son and a grand daughter.