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The NGO is in the process of commencing a drive to register pet dogs in all municipalities. Panaji: It is not possible to make Goa rabies free if the garbage problem is not addressed, Murugan Appupillai, director education (India) for Mission Rabies said. The Mormugao Municipal Council has already started the process for compulsory registration in the port town where owners have to obtain a license for each dog from the civic body.In 2017, Appupillai said, the NGO tested 150 dogs of which 78 dogs tested positive for rabies. Talking about the human casualties, he said two people died last year - one of a rabies and another of suspected rabies. A puppet show on the subject will be shown at all schools, he added.He said that since the high-tech microscope with the capacity to test for rabies, donated by Mission Rabies, was established at the state government’s disease investigation unit laboratory in 2017, 150 dogs have already been tested for the disease..