The forest department has established a committee to determine the cause of jackal deaths in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The committee has also been told to administer anti-rabies vaccines to all its members and staff. 

Several golden jackals in the MMR were found dead in the past few months, with the major cause of deaths being rabies infection. In a recent incident which took place last week, a golden jackal was rescued from the Chembur area. However, it was declared dead within two days of its rescue with signs of being infected with rabies.