Tag Archives: rabies

The anti-vax movement for pets

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

You knew this would be a thing. In the four years since she opened her own veterinary practice, Dr. Kelly McGuire has seen her fair share of heartbreaking cases. There was the dog whose kidneys shut down after it contracted … Continue reading →

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It’s skunk vaccination time

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Again. Fresh from victories over rabies strains in the coyote and gray fox, Texas [launched] its annual aerial assault on one of the state’s top remaining carriers: skunks. The state health department Wednesday [began] dropping 1.4 million doses of edible … Continue reading →

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Vaccinating skunks

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

To prevent rabies, of course. Texas, which has long campaigned for family pets to be vaccinated against rabies, is now attacking from the sky one of the state’s foulest carriers of the disease: skunks. Skunks would obviously put up quite … Continue reading →

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Eradicating rabies

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Did you know that the state of Texas has been funding a program to wipe out rabies in foxes and coyotes by dropping vaccines for it from airplanes. It’s called the Texas Oral Rabies Vaccination Project, and it’s been a … Continue reading →

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