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Old 05-13-2008, 06:41 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos View Post
Kris - New Zealand does not vaccinate dogs for rabies. The last known rabies case here was around 50 years ago. We do vaccinate dogs for rabies when they must travel abroad.
Rabies is much easier to control when one lives on an island. Those of us on continents with borders that wild animals can cross at will cannot eridicate rabies. That's the reason for the concern over rabies vaccinations in the US and Europe.

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