2024 World Rabies Day
Guest blog by Suki Deng
On the 28th September, for World Rabies Day, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Nanning simultaneously conducted the publicity events to call for awareness of rabies: free rabies injection for dogs, basic health checks for cats and dogs and a fun quiz on rabies to win prizes.
This event is also to celebrate World Animal Day, as to prevent and control rabies, is also a measure to improve the welfare of companion animals.
(Due to the limits of the venues, we only vaccinated dogs this year, which led to a reduction in the consumption of vaccines.)
Chengdu: We offered 150 free vaccines, in the commercial complex Raffles City. The final number of vaccinated dogs was 34 and the event reached 2000 people.
Guangzhou: We offered 50 free vaccines, in a residential compound that belongs to Poly company.
The final number of vaccinated dogs was 23 and the event reached 350 people.
Nanning: We offered 150 free vaccines, in a large commercial complex Xin Chao Yang Commercial Plaza.
The final number of vaccinated dogs was 63, the event reached 1600 people.
We have conducted the publicity events in Guangxi area, Chengdu and Guangzhou since 2020, with the purpose of letting more and more people aware of rabies and how to be responsible dog and cat guardians, as well as the idea of World Animal Day, which is just a few days later.