Two semi-retired veterinarians, Bob Gillespie and Jack Gillespie from Brownstown, plan to offer rabies vaccination clinics in rural parts of Jackson County. The clinics are sponsored by local service organizations and proceeds go to those organizations.
All dogs and cats will receive a one-year rabies vaccination at a cost of $8 per animal and each animal must be at least 3 months old. The three-year vaccination is available, but not at the clinics. That vaccine is more expensive and pet owners must have a vaccination history before it can be used.
Pet owners are responsible for their pets during the clinics and animals that cannot be handled in a crowd should not be brought to the clinics.
The clinics are staffed by volunteers who are not trained animal handlers.
A clinic will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at Carr Township Fire Station in Medora. It is being sponsored by the Medora Lions Club.
On May 3, a clinic will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Reddington Christian Church. That clinic is sponsored by the Reddington Rebounders for the American Cancer Society.
On May 5, a clinic will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Pershing Township Volunteer Fire Department station in Freetown. The fire department is sponsoring the clinic.
The final clinic is set from 10:30 a.m. to noon May 8 at the Crothersville Volunteer Fire Department station in Crothersville. The clinic is being sponsored by the Crothersville FFA.
