America's North Shore Journal

An Army vaccination program to protect service members and local wildlife from rabies has been going on here and throughout Iraq for more than two and a half years. Wild animals, like foxes and stray dogs, are captured in traps, inspected by Army veterinarians for any evidence of disease — especially rabies — tagged and then released, said Maj. Randel Rogers, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a logistics officer with the 371st Sustainment Brigade here. “We vaccinate them to make sure that they don’t have rabies,” he said. “So we can make sure that the population of the wildlife around our base are safe and are not spreading any disease that could affect us.” Rabies is a viral disease which causes acute encephalitis (an inflammation of brain tissue). Typically, humans are infected … Read entire article »