Me and My Dog

8 Sep 2014

This World Rabies Day, GARC wanted to send a simple message that vaccinating dogs prevents rabies.

Morbid fear of rabies often pitches people against dogs leading to exclusion, cruelty and culling. The tragedy is that this approach is ineffective at preventing the disease, not to mention expensive. Dog vaccination stops canine rabies at source and saves people’s lives.

Me and my dog is a photo campaign in which we’re asking people to share a photo of themselves with their dogs. The photos stand as a testament to people’s love for their dogs. And the campaign uses this positive feeling to raise awareness of the benefits of living with companion animals and to symbolise that #TogetherAgainstRabies, people and dogs are healthier.

The process to take part is simple. People can share a photo in one of three ways:

They can also sign a pledge to support rabies prevention on the website and donate towards canine vaccines.

This is a campaign that anyone can be part of as long as they have access to the internet. So, even people who are not able to attend a World Rabies Day event can contribute to #TogetherAgainstRabies and raise awareness. We hope, in this way, to reach new audiences with the message that vaccinating dogs saves lives.

That said, we hope that our existing community will also take part in the campaign with gusto. To help you get others involved you can download the campaign logo, leaflets and posters here.

All the pictures are being collected together here -  https://storify.com/RabiesAlliance/me-and-my-dog-togetheragainstrabies-1 - take a look, there are already some lovely images.

We hope to collect 1000s but that will only be achieved one photo at a time. Please take part and spread the word!