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Post by anonrefugee on Oct 13, 2015 19:31:23 GMT
Hi, this is a little PSA, about situation I just encountered. I'm sure it's not true everywhere, so please don't blast me. Our youth service group has stopped volunteering at a local dog rescue this semester. We learned not all the dogs are vaccinated and our national organization, as well as local, doesn't want to risk the liability with the kids. No one had ever thought to ask, we discovered it through a random comment. It's expensive for the rescue to treat each dog, so I understand their stance. this might not be an issue for adults But we were surprised, and kind of reeling after taking 100s of kids through there over the years. tincin dog bite thread and the a recent thread about under ten year old volunteers reminded me. Again, I don't think it should stop the average person from volunteering. But it was something we wish we had known. |
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Post by gale w on Oct 13, 2015 19:32:29 GMT
Wow, that's a real liability. You'd think they would at least vaccinate for rabies if not others. My daughter volunteers but they vax all animals right away there.
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Post by anonrefugee on Oct 13, 2015 19:38:37 GMT
Wow, that's a real liability. You'd think they would at least vaccinate for rabies if not others. My daughter volunteers but they vax all animals right away there. Wouldn't you think? Our little board is astounded. We're not exactly a laid back community, its like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Luckily we had no incidents! |
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Oct 13, 2015 19:39:50 GMT
Children are not allowed to volunteer at our Animal Control. I had wondered why and I bet that's it. Our Humane Society does vaccinate all animals, and children (over a certain age) are allowed to volunteer with a parent.
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Post by blondiec47 on Oct 13, 2015 21:22:06 GMT
Wow, that's a real liability. You'd think they would at least vaccinate for rabies if not others. My daughter volunteers but they vax all animals right away there. In our state they HAVE to vaccinate for rabies. |
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Post by anonrefugee on Oct 13, 2015 21:34:04 GMT
Wow, that's a real liability. You'd think they would at least vaccinate for rabies if not others. My daughter volunteers but they vax all animals right away there. In our state they HAVE to vaccinate for rabies. I'm sure you can get a religious exemption here, jk |
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Post by lesley on Oct 13, 2015 22:00:59 GMT
I'm sure you can get a religious exemption here, jk You totally confused me there, until I spotted your jk at the end! |
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Post by krazykatlady on Oct 13, 2015 22:04:48 GMT
We just had a news story locally of a woman volunteer who was working in a shelter and was bitten by a dog. She had to okay out of pocket (over $17,000) to get the rabies shots.
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Post by gale w on Oct 14, 2015 0:05:14 GMT
We just had a news story locally of a woman volunteer who was working in a shelter and was bitten by a dog. She had to okay out of pocket (over $17,000) to get the rabies shots. Did the dog run away? Was there a reason they suspected it was rabid? I thought if they had the dog, they could quarantine it for 10 days and if it acted funny during that time, then they get the shots, but otherwise it means it didn't have rabies. Or if it was going to be put down they could have it checked for rabies. |
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Post by anonrefugee on Oct 14, 2015 1:42:46 GMT
We just had a news story locally of a woman volunteer who was working in a shelter and was bitten by a dog. She had to okay out of pocket (over $17,000) to get the rabies shots. Did the dog run away? Was there a reason they suspected it was rabid? I thought if they had the dog, they could quarantine it for 10 days and if it acted funny during that time, then they get the shots, but otherwise it means it didn't have rabies. Or if it was going to be put down they could have it checked for rabies. When I was bit (bitten?) the doctors said it was risky for a human to wait the quarantine period to begin shots. they suggested a 1-2 day delay at most. That's been a few years, I don't know if opinion has changed. |
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