  More on Challenging the Rabies Vaccine |
Hi Friends! Think globally, act locally? Kris Christine thinks that's a little limiting. Denise Flaim Animal House at Newsday recently wrote a great article on challenging the rabies vaccine given our pets every year or three years depending on the state we live in. |
NEWSDAY
September 19, 2005You may remember this dogged doggie activist from Alna, Maine: In between homeschooling two kids and caring for an Alzheimer's-afflicted dad, last year Christine initiated a successful grass-roots campaign to change her state's rabies-vaccine requirement from two years to three. Then, when she thought vets weren't proactive in educating clients about the risks of overvaccination, she lobbied for legislation - opposed by the state veterinary association, and currently tabled - requiring informed consent before vets uncapped their needles.
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This month, Christine announced the Rabies Challenge Fund, which she hopes will raise at least $1 million to study long-term rabies immunity.
Veterinary immunologist Jean Dodds, founder of the Hemopet blood bank in Garden Grove, Calif., will act as a trustee for the fund. Read the entire article HERE
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