In the past nine months, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has reported over 827 monkey and cat-bite cases in the city.

According to PMC’s health department, from January to September 2019, a total of 9,699 animal bite cases have been reported in which street dog bite cases are 6,581, pet dog bite cases 1,972, while cat bite cases are about 768, monkey-bite cases are 59 and the remaining 391 cases are other animal bite cases.