Bangkok pet owners |warned of rabies danger
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration yesterday warned that 40 per cent of domesticated dogs in the capital city were at a greater risk of rabies, according to a survey. As a result, people should take their pet dogs to get the annual rabies vaccination
The city’s latest survey reported there were 600,000 pet dogs and more than 100,000 stray dogs on the streets, BMA deputy city clerk Peerapong Saicheu said.
Warning that rabies could be found all year around, he said the city aimed to be rabies-free under the World Health Organisation’s goal to eradicate the disease by 2020. People should take their dogs and cats to get vaccinated, he said.
Peerapong’s comment was made during his visit to the city’s animal-control centre yesterday, which currently houses 800 stray dogs and cats. The centre plans to relocate animals twice a month to another facility in Uthai Thani province, which currently houses 5,500 animals and could support up to 8,000.
