September 28 is World Rabies Day – a day dedicated to raising awareness and fighting the spread of one of the deadliest diseases on the planet.
Rabies is 100% fatal once clinical symptoms develop. Once this happens, there is no cure, and every year, countless thousands of animals suffer agonizing deaths from this terrible disease.
In Africa and Asia, where 95% of rabies deaths occur, the crisis is especially severe. In the rural areas of Tanzania and Kenya, where we work, rabies is devastating large populations of unvaccinated, free-roaming dogs. With little access to veterinary care and limited public awareness, outbreaks spread quickly.
Heartbreakingly, fear of rabies outbreaks in these communities often sparks cruel, unnecessary mass killings of street dogs, a tragic and ineffective “solution.”
Yet rabies is 100% preventable – all it takes is a simple vaccination.
This World Rabies Day, you can help stop the suffering.
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The good news is, together, we ARE making a difference.
With your support, Network for Animals (NFA) and our dedicated local partners have made incredible progress this past year – vaccinating 17,896 animals against rabies across East Africa.
Every single vaccination means another life saved and an entire community protected. But the fight is far from over, and this World Rabies Day, we need your help to do more.
YOU can help us save even more animal lives this World Rabies Day.
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This World Rabies Day, we are planning to expand our reach even further across East Africa – but we can’t do it without your help. Here’s how your donation can save lives:
- $2 vaccinates one animal
- $20 vaccinates 10 animals
- $100 vaccinates 50 animals
- $1,000 vaccinates 500 animals
Your donation helps to fund vaccines, veterinary supplies and transport, so our partners on the ground can reach animals in the most desperate need, no matter where they are.
Every vaccine you make possible is another animal life saved. Please donate now and help us protect as many animals as we can, this World Rabies Day and beyond.
Credit: Network for Animals