Bacolod City will celebrate the Rabies Day Friday that will kick off with a motorcade at 8 a.m. from the New Government Center en route to the BAYS Center.
Acting city veterinarian Rex Juplo said several groups have signified their intention to join the motorcade such as the K-9 Club, Dog Form Club and two motorcycle clubs. Dog enthusiasts were also invited to join the activity. The motorcade will be followed by a mass vaccination of dogs at the Liga ng mga Barangay Hall while at 1 p.m., a program at the same venue will be held to discuss and get feedback on the enforcement of City Ordinance 544, series of 2011, the ordinance establishing dog-owners responsibility, requiring enclosures or fenced-in yard for pet dogs as preventive measure against occurrence of rabies injury, damage and other hazards, authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran. At the program, acting city administrator Goldwyn Nifras will give the opening remarks, followed by Mayor Evelio Leonardia’s message and the keynote speech of Familiaran. Juplo said that as of 2012, they have no recorded cases of human rabies. The last time was in 2005. His office had recorded only two positive dog rabies cases from January 1 to September 24 this year. This is because for the last two years, they had vaccinated about 40,000 dogs, Juplo said. / Watchmen Daily Journal
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