World Rabies Day 2010

On September 28, World Rabies Day 2010, Project Purr and EV Sharp, DVM sponsored a successful low cost rabies vaccination clinic for DOGS! Other partners included Santa Cruz County Animal Services and Pfizer Animal Health. Proceeds will be used to spay/neuter feral cats and kittens through Project Purr's feral cat program! "Vaccinate a dog and help a cat too!"

Although feral cats are not a natural vector for rabies, and cats in general pose a very low risk for contracting and spreading this disease, Project Purr has vaccinated thousands and thousands of feral cats for rabies as part of their Trap-Neuter-Return program in Santa Cruz County for over 20 years. There are no known cases of a human ever contracting rabies from a cat in the state of California. A study conducted by Stanford University's Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) found virtually no risk to humans from feral cats and diseases associated with cats. EHS also concluded, after consultation with Santa Clara County Health Department and Stanford's Department of Comparative Medicine, that there was a general consensus that feral cats pose virtually no health and safety risk to individuals and concluded feral cats are not a risk to public health.