China Kills Dogs in Anti-Rabies Effort

AP Online;  August 7, 2006 ;     682 words ......tens of thousands of dogs in recent weeks following rabies outbreaks, prompting...rural households have dogs, but just 3 percent are vaccinated against rabies. Even in Beijing...get bitten by the dogs and get rabies." Another villager...

On Ecuadoran Streets, All Dogs Must Die; To Stem Rabies Outbreak,...

The Washington Post;  April 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ......did not vaccinate any dogs -- the most effective prevention against rabies -- and it has been paying...the goal of vaccinating dogs against rabies is not always a priority...outbreak. In Latin America, dogs carry rabies far more often than other...

Dogs made targets amid mounting rabies deaths

China Daily;  August 5, 2006 ;     307 words ......anyway. "Killing dogs blindly is not an...scientific way to curb rabies, because all warm-blood...three people died of rabies. Only military guard dogs and police canine...both dog feeders and dogs." "The most active...measure to control rabies is to give dogs regular ...

Sri Lanka overwhelmed by orphaned dogs, Eradication program started after...

Charleston Daily Mail;  January 18, 2005 ;     610 words ......also have been bitten by dogs. None has been diagnosed with rabies so far. "We really don't want to do this, but dogs are becoming a big problem...spasms, delirium and coma. Rabies can be present in animals...foxes, coyotes, cats and dogs. While Sri Lankan officials are concerned that stray ...

China kills 50,000 dogs in campaign against rabies

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 2, 2006 ;     401 words ......slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government...people died of rabies, sparking unusually...only 3 percent of dogs are vaccinated against rabies and more than 2...reportedly dying of rabies, including a 4...the West, where dogs have long been...

Cattle More Prone to Rabies Than Dogs.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 2, 1999 ;     182 words ......Forestry, 60 cases of rabies infection among dogs were reported last...animals to humans. Dogs outnumbered cattle in cases of rabies in 1997 10 to 9...cattle and seven dogs were infected with rabies. Officials presumed that infected dogs bit cows and spread...

Man treated for rabies after dogs tussle with raccoon

Charleston Daily Mail;  January 9, 2006 ;     658 words ......when examining the dogs)," Bell said. Bell...chance of contracting rabies was slim. But rabies is most frequently...saliva was on the dogs when he touched...for people who use dogs to hunt raccoons...biggest carriers of rabies in West Virginia...

China again orders dogs killed after rabies deaths

Daily Breeze;  August 5, 2006 ;     233 words ......ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak -- drawing criticism...the city had about 500,000 dogs. Rabies cases are on the rise in China...3 percent of the country's dogs are vaccinated against rabies. The slaughters have outraged...

What's the rage for dogs in France? Rabies shots

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 13, 2004 ;     223 words ......season without their dogs because of a rabies scare. They were...decree to keep their dogs at home until Oct...August died from rabies. Then, only vaccinated dogs will be allowed to...five people and five dogs that are at risk...rage" -- French for rabies. Traditionally, the...

Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys tell the...

History Today;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......opinion held that rabies was spread by the...affect any mammal. In dogs, the poison or virus...The incidence of rabies and hydrophobia remained...cruel treatment of dogs by working-class owners. Reports of rabies rose again after...a short respite, rabies returned in the ...

DOG WITH RABIES FOUND IN ST. CROIX COUNTY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......requirements ? including current rabies vaccinations for dogs. There is no exception for...healthy, and in the case of dogs, has a current rabies vaccination. The rescuer is...rabies," Kazmierczak noted. RABIES IN DOGS Transmission Dogs may be infected...

DOGS QUARANTINED OVER RABIES CONCERN

Roanoke Times & World News;  January 25, 2002 ;     147 words ......tested positive for rabies, officials said Thursday...supervisor, said the three dogs were "mixing it up with...tested positive for rabies. All three dogs were up to date on their rabies vaccinations, Richardson said. The dogs will be quarantined...

HK fishermen's dogs to be vaccinated against rabies

Xinhua News Agency;  July 10, 2005 ;     170 words ...HK fishermen's dogs to be vaccinated against rabies HONG KONG, July 10...to vaccinate the dogs of fishermen in seven...for prevention of rabies, a deadly disease...human beings by sick dogs. According to a veterinarian...department, as the dogs on the boats have...be infected with ...

China kills thousands of dogs in anti-rabies campaign

AP Worldstream;  July 22, 2003 ;     246 words ......culling of 60,000 dogs by authorities to contain an outbreak of rabies in southern China...destruction of all dogs in rabies-infected areas. Since...pets. Many small dogs haven't received physical examinations or rabies shots, she said.

Rabies-infected coyote attacks dogs in Berks

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  September 28, 2006 ;     127 words ...The first coyote ever found with rabies in the state was killed recently in...Berks County, after it attacked two dogs and tried to force its way into a home...One dog was bitten. Both dogs had had rabies shots. "This is the first confirmed...