{"id":815332,"date":"2022-09-27T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1041867"},"modified":"2022-09-27T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:47:07","slug":"world-rabies-day-are-your-animal-companions-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/09\/27\/world-rabies-day-are-your-animal-companions-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"World Rabies Day: Are Your Animal Companions Vaccinated?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you know when your animal companions\u2019 rabies vaccinations expire? Forgetting to keep their shots up to date can be deadly for all your loved ones. This World Rabies Day (September 28), make sure your animal companions aren\u2019t at risk.<\/p>\n
<\/a>\u00a9 iStock.com\/Skyhobo<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system. It\u2019s spread through the saliva and certain infectious tissues of an infected animal. Nearly all mammals can carry and contract rabies, but it\u2019s very rare in smaller animals such as squirrels, chipmunks, rats, mice, rabbits, and opossums. While transmission occurs most commonly through saliva, the actual infection occurs in the brain, greatly changing the infected animal\u2019s behavior and often giving them an \u201cangry drunk\u201d personality. However, not all animals with rabies will act aggressively, and some may even act overly friendly. A rabid animal may do the following:<\/p>\n These symptoms don\u2019t necessarily mean an animal has rabies, but they\u2019re often associated with it\u2014along with a number of other painful diseases and conditions that require help from licensed individuals. If you see an animal exhibiting these types of behavior, contact your local animal control authorities and report the animal\u2019s symptoms and location. Don\u2019t approach the animal.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no cure for rabies. Once an animal begins to show symptoms, the disease is almost always fatal for mammals, including humans. Rabies can incubate in mammals for months with no symptoms, so if your animal companion isn\u2019t vaccinated and has a known exposure to rabies, they will likely be quarantined for upward of four months, incurring a very large veterinary bill.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Even though contracting rabies is entirely preventable, there have been many instances in which an expired rabies vaccine has led to animals\u2019 deaths and humans\u2019 exposure to the virus. A cat who had gone missing in South Carolina<\/a> was three months overdue for a vaccination when they contracted rabies and exposed at least four people to it, and a dog in Montana<\/a> contracted rabies after being exposed to a sick skunk, resulting in a countywide quarantine of all unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets for 60 days.<\/p>\n Although it\u2019s a scary disease, contracting rabies is entirely preventable<\/strong> through vaccination. To help protect yourself and your loved ones, follow PETA\u2019s helpful safety tips:<\/p>\n In the U.S., 90% of rabies cases stem from wildlife, but around the world, homeless, unvaccinated dogs and cats contribute to incidences of rabies much more often. In just one year, an unspayed cat can give birth to 12 kittens and an unspayed dog can give birth to 16 puppies.<\/p>\n Thankfully, PETA U.S. and other PETA entities offer free and low-cost sterilization and rabies vaccinations in many parts of the world. This work helps limit the suffering of animals for generations, as fewer unsterilized dogs and cats mean fewer animals born into communities that don\u2019t have the resources to care for them and protect them from horrible diseases like rabies.<\/p>\n Help PETA U.S. Save Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> The post World Rabies Day: Are Your Animal Companions Vaccinated?<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you know when your dog\u2019s or cat\u2019s rabies vaccination expires? Forgetting can be deadly for all your loved ones. <\/p>\n The post World Rabies Day: Are Your Animal Companions Vaccinated?<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2145,2147,7723,7718],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815333,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815332\/revisions\/815333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What Is Rabies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What Happens if My Dog or Cat Gets Rabies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
How Can I Prevent My Animal Companions From Getting Rabies?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Help Protect More Animals<\/strong><\/h2>\n