WYOMING Rabies Vaccine Laws--ACTION ALERT

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On 3/27/2008 at 6:51 AM Kris

<LedgeSpring@...> wrote:

WYOMING Rabies Laws

Following a 3/22/08 article entitled Vaccine overkill? in the Wyoming

News

http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/03/23/local_news_updates/19local_03-23-\

08.txt

by Baylie and inspired by encouraging developments in

Kansas, Wyoming dog breeders have contacted Wyoming's Governor,

Attorney General as well as the Mayor of Cheyenne imploring the state

to adopt the national standard of a 3 year rabies vaccination

protocol. They need your assistance to help them get the annual

rabies booster ordinances in the state changed.

What You Can Do To Help

Please contact any/or all of the Wyoming public officials listed below.

You can copy and paste e-mail addresses listed. I will be sending a letter

of support as well and will keep you updated on developments. After the

Wyoming contact list, there will be updated information on rabies law

efforts in Kansas and Arkansas as well.

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Wyoming Contacts

Attorney General Bruce A. Salzburg Phone: (307) 777-7841 Fax: (307)

777-6869; Consumer Protection Division 307-777-7874 or 1-800-438-5799 Fax:

307-777-7956 baylwa@...

Governor Dave Freudenthal Phone: 307-777-7434 Fax: 307-632-3909 (fax)

cboswe@...; rlance@...; ccroft@...;

ceastw@...; bwarbu@...; jyoung@...;

mbaine@...; mgeist@...

Cheyenne Mayor Jack Spiker mayor@... Phone: (307) 637-6200;

Fax: (307)637-6378; City Council: citycouncil@... Phone:

(307) 637-6357 Fax: (307)637-6356 jcase@...;

playbourn@...; jvaldez@...;

pcollins@...; mrinne@...;

tsegrave@...; jbrown@...;

gbroyles@...; dpierson@...

Wyoming Legislators

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/email/email.htm dalden@...;

randerso@...; g.bagby@...; rberger@...;

sblake@...; bbrechtel@...; kermitbrown@...;

ebuchanan@...; childers@...; royc@...;

bcraft@...; kdavison@...; diercks@...;

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dhammons@...; sharshman@...; harvey00@...;

jiekel@...; pete_chloeilloway3@...; ajaggi@...;

aljones@...; pjorgensen@...;

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madden@...; mmartin@...; dmcomie@...;

emercer@...; slmey@...; davidmiller@...;

lorimillin@...; molsen@...; opetersen@...;

fphilp@...; lquarberg@...; dswyo@...;

msemlek@...; lshepperson@...; csimpson@...;

slater@...; jebsteward@...; tim@...;

mteeters@...; billthompson@...; mthrone@...;

sue.wallis@...; jwbeardog@...; elkuw@...;

dzwonitzer@...; dzwonitzer@...; jamesda1@...;

paullman@...; senbebout@...; bburns@...;

ccase@...; hcoe@...; scooperwy@...;

kDecaria@...; bob@...; ggeis@...;

jhastert2@...; jhines@...; kit@...;

rjob@...; wajohnsonsd6@...; blanden@...;

senlarson@...; mamassie@...; cmeier@...;

jmockler@...; phil.nicholas@...; drew@...;

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Kansas Rabies Law Update & Arkansas Dog Owners Organizing to Challenge

Arkansas Rabies Laws

Kansas: Dog owners have started a petition to get annual rabies laws in

the state changed to the national 3 year standard. They are planning to

have petitions available for dog owners to sign at the upcoming Yappy Days

event on March 29th from 9-4 at the Kansas Coliseum, Pavilion II

http://www.kzsn.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=107458 & article=3323054

.. The petition is posted online at

http://www.thepetitionsite.com:80/1/Stop-Over-Vaccination-in-Wichita

.. Activities in Kansas were sparked by a March 18, 2008 article in

the Wichita Eagle entitled, Are Annual Shots a Risk for

Dogs? http://www.kansas.com/news/story/344780.html by Diane McCartney.

Arkansas: Dog owners are organizing to change their annual rabies laws. A

group, Arkansas Rabies Vaccine Info

ARVaccineInfo has been started to coordinate

efforts, please join if you are interested.

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Wichita to Form Rabies Vaccination Committee

I received the notice below on March 25, 2008. How unfortunate that

Wichita is not including a member of their dog-owning public on this

committee.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Kay , Director of Environmental Services, 268-8351

City to Form Rabies Vaccination Committee

The City of Wichita is forming an ad hoc committee to review the schedule

for rabies vaccinations, Interim Wichita City Manager Ed Flentje announced

on Tuesday.

The committee will review the latest information on rabies prevention and

control and make recommendations, said Kay , Director of

Environmental Services.

Committee members will be announced at a later date.

" The committee will be primarily comprised of local veterinarians and

public health officials, " said. " Rabies is a very serious issue and

potentially fatal. We want to make sure that people and pets are

protected. "

The committee recommendations will be provided to the City Manager as part

of a broader and ongoing animal ordinance review. The ordinance review is

scheduled to be presented to the Wichita City Council later this year.

For further questions, can be reached at kjohnson@... or

268-8351.

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Thank you all for your incredible efforts in Maine and Kansas! You are

making a huge difference in the lives of dogs everywhere. Remember what

Margaret Mead said, " Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that

ever has. "

Regards, Kris

Kris L.

Founder, Co-Trustee

The Rabies Challenge Fund

http://www.RabiesChallengeFund.org