Vets do Tough Mudder 2013

Danny Chambers is raising money for Help in Suffering

Participants: Lianne Young, Catriona Curtis, Terry Ogdin, Danny Chambers

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Tough Mudder 2013 - Yorkshire · 7 September 2013 to 8 September 2013 ·

Every year 61000 people die from rabies. 99% of cases of human rabies are caused by dog bites. Our team of vets vaccinate the dog population of Jaipur to control rabies and prevent spread to humans. We also run veterinary clinics treating working horses, donkeys, camels, cows and wildlife.

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Lianne, Catriona, Terry and Danny are all doing the 12 mile Tough Mudder obstacle course in Skipton in September.  

 

We're all vets and are raising money to fund a project to reduce the incidence of rabies in India.

 

50,000 people a year worldwide die from rabies.

96% are a result of being bitten by infected dogs.  It is predominantly children in poor areas who get bitten. 

The charity Help in Suffering based in Jaipur, India, have been running an animal birth control programme to capture, vaccinate, neuter and release the street dogs to eradicate rabies and control breeding.

 

As a result of this project there has not been a single human case of rabies in that area since 2002.

 

Funding has been stretched in recent years. If the vaccination coverage of street dogs drops below 70% there is a significant chance that rabies could spread to humans once again. 

 

The charity also treats the beasts of burden (horses, donkeys and camels) of the poorest people who cannot afford veterinary treatment but who are completely dependent on their animals for a living.

 

http://www.his-india.in/ABC.aspx

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