Rabies Kills Animals
There are 375 million homeless dogs in the world. These dogs live as strays but often alongside people. They are the major problem in rabies control.
Although any mammal can contract rabies, dogs are the main ‘reservoir’ of the disease. Because of dog numbers, the infection rate is high and the rabies circulates in this species before being passed on to other animals or people.
In an effort to control rabies (and dog population) up to 20 million stray dogs are slaughtered every year – overwhelmingly using inhumane methods (including clubbing, drowning, strychnine poisoning, electrocution, and intentional starvation).
This is an atrocity that GARC is working to stop as part of our work to control rabies. Please help us.
Wildlife extinction
Rabies threatens wildlife. An outbreak can decimate numbers and several species are at risk of extinction because of rabies, including the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) and some populations of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus).
Other populations of wild species, such as the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), are threatened in some regions.
