Some 50 cats and dogs have been neutered, spayed and vaccinated as part of the Mandaue Veterinarian’s activities to mark the Anti-Rabies Awareness Month. | Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — At least 50 dogs and cats were spayed, neutered, and vaccinated here during the anti-rabies awareness month activity of the Mandaue City Veterinary Office in a mall on Friday, March 10.
Dr. Karen Merilles, Mandaue City veterinarian, said that they would also be conducting the same activity in Barangay Basak on the last week of March.
Residents, who would want to avail of these services, may ask the barangay rabies coordinator to list their names.
In addition to offering free anti-rabies vaccination, they also provide free spaying and neutering.
Merilles said this was because they were aiming to control and minimize the population of pets.
She said that many community dogs and cats had no owners or if they had, they would just let them roam outside.
This would also help increase the pets’ life span and lessen bite incidents.
Merilles also clarified that they would conduct anti-rabies vaccination all year-round.
Based on their data from January to February, some 1,058 dogs and cats were already vaccinated againt rabies.
The Mandaue City veterinarian said that they also had not recorded any positive cases of rabies so far.
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