Panajachel — Healthy Pets representatives, Dr. Miguel Regil and Marilena de Perez along with Dr. Barrios and two new physicians from Centro de Salud presented a program on rabies and the importance of sterilization of domestic animals. With the recent outbreak of human rabies cases in Xela and Solola, the program highlighted the fact that free rabies vaccinations are available through both Healthy Pets and Centro de Salud on an on-going basis.
An important fact that was shared is that rabies vaccines need to be administered annually here, not just once in the lifetime of a pet. The need for additional vaccinations for diseases such as distemper was also addressed along with a passionate plea to be kind to the animals.
The 35-minute program aired Wednesday 23 April and will air again this evening on channel 2. Plans for continued television programming are underway as well as development of radio call-in programs.
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