Rabies Post Script

Just after I posted the Iowa rabies cases I picked up an article in the journal Veterinary Medicine (Jan 2010) regarding world wide pet overpopulation and its effect on humans. In India 20,000 people die of rabies every year mostly from bites from the country's estimated 30 million stray/unwanted dogs. Many of the deaths are children. In contrast in the United States only 27 people have died of rabies since 1990. Just another reason to be thankful for where we live.