Last week a family visited the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals in Parel along with their dog as the pet was suffering from canine distemper (CD) disease, which is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral infection. According to the hospital authority, on an average, every month they are admitting at least 30 to 40 dogs suffering from canine distemper viral disease in the hospital.

For four months since December 2022, the hospital has been admitting dogs suffering from CD and keeping them in isolation to provide them with medical treatment. Shockingly, the hospital authority reveals that every month around 50 per cent of the infected cases (dogs) admitted lose their life during the treatment. While the other dogs, which survive later, form deformities as they become weak and cannot perform daily activities as normal.