The document outlines Chennai's efforts over several decades to become rabies-free by stopping the inhumane electrocution of stray dogs and instead implementing an ABC (animal birth control) program. Key events include the Blue Cross of India requesting more humane lethal injection in 1964, setting up the first free ABC center in 1966, the mayor stopping all dog killings in Chennai in 1996 and converting the electrocution room to a surgery, and Chennai being declared rabies-free in 2010.