Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services, Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) and Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Zimbabwe (VAWZ) will be hosting a three day vaccination campaign for World Rabies Day.
Over the World Rabies Day weekend, rabies vaccination will be done for FREE and each vaccinated dog will receive a unique orange collar to show that they have been vaccinated.
Six vaccination points will be established across the city:
28 September (09:00 - 15:00)
Braeside Shopping Centre (Braeside)
Kilwinning Shops (Hatfield)
29 September (09:00 - 15:00)
Parktown Shops (Waterfalls)
Civic Centre (Marlborough)
30 September (09:00 - 15:00)
Rhodesville Shopping Center (Greendale)
Gaydon Road Shopping Centre (Greystone Park)
Over the course of the weekend, we vaccinated approximately 2700 dogs in the city.
The locations and numbers were as follows:
- Hatfield suburb: 486
- Braeside suburb: 473
- Waterfalls suburb: 449
- Marlborough suburb: 375
- Greystone park suburb: 216
- Greendale suburb: 419
- Dzivarasekwa suburb: ±350 (no GDL data yet).
Over the course of the weekend, 2000 orange collars were also provided to dog owners. We did not foresee so many collars being needed over a single weekend and ran out before the end of the campaign, but another 2500 collars are being prepared to send to Zimbabwe.
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