Verifying alleged outbreaks is critical to effective control & prevention TABANAN Regency, Bali, Indonesia––Rabies-infected, or rabies-suspected? That is the question that Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases moderator Arnon Shimshony and Shamsudeen Fagbo, a leading Saudi-based One Health and animal rights advocate, took up in mid-May 2022, responding to recurring alleged rabies flare-ups in Bali, […]
Kenyans rise in protest over lions shot & speared
Incidents recall the Cecil case in Zimbabwe NAIROBI, Kenya; JOS, Nigeria––More than 2,000 Kenyans had signed petitions protesting the violent deaths of two lions on the outskirts of Nairobi, the national capital, within 48 hours of the shooting of the first lion, Mohawk, and 24 hours of the discovery of the remains of the […]
More medical warnings link dog meat to rabies
13 people ate meat from a rabid dog MANILA––Philippine, Chinese, and international public health media in mid-March 2015 warned that eating dogs can spread rabies, after at least 13 people ate meat from a rabid dog in Cabatangan village, Zamboanga, the Philippines. Summarized Robert Herriman of Outbreak News Today on March 15, 2015, from reports […]
Global response to ANIMALS 24-7 debut
ANIMALS 24-7 officially launched at 2:27 a.m. on April 12, 2014. Reader response began arriving from around the world just nine minutes later. From India: Great effort, Merritt! All my best wishes, as always. ––Debasis Chakrabarti, founder Compassionate Crusaders Trust, Kolkata, India <animalcrusader@gmail.com> Editor’s note: Debasis Chakrabarti’s 2003 essay […]