Some Articles On The Rabies Issue
AnimalCare 
Aug 2, 2017 
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Here are two recent articles:
IPOH: Some 20 samples taken from dog carcasses in Kuala Sepetang have came back negative for rabies.
Some 127 dogs and 239 cats have been vaccinated while 88 stray dogs have been culled.
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/26/culled-dogs-tested-negative-for-rabies/#7DDmBQg1FmE3BV2o.99
Can the culling please stop now?
Chin warned that the unauthorised culling of animals would violate Section 30 of the Animal Welfare Act 2015.
Under the Act, offenders can be fined between RM20,000 and RM100,000 or jailed up to three years or both.
Former DVS director-general Tan Sri Ahmad Mustaffa Babjee said Peninsular Malaysia is technically rabies-free.
He added that the remote occurrences were due to unforeseen circumstances after a gap of a few years.
A DVS spokesman said that while the spate of rabies cases in Sarawak could be defined as an “outbreak”, the case in Perak was just an isolated incident.
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/23/experts-dont-panic-over-rabies-stories-authorities-doing-well-by-containing-its-spread-in-the-countr/#rQTL5svhtWQ5XCee.99
It would do well for certain people in power (in Selangor) to read this.
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/08/02/some-articles-on-the-rab..
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