WHILE the Department of Agriculture has intensified its efforts to fight the spread of Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) through a nationwide vaccination campaign, they have also continued efforts to stop another highly contagious disease, rabies.

Last month the KZN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development embarked on its annual free rabies vaccination programmes for dogs and cats and has now announced a new set of dates.

This comes as statistics have shown that most human rabies cases in SA are reported in KZN, the Eastern Cape, and Limpopo.

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Starting on Monday, April 20, the campaign will target Rosehill, Durban North, Somerset Park, La Lucia, uMhlanga and Mount Edgecombe.

Animal health technician Titus Letsoalo said it is compulsory for all domestic pets to be vaccinated against rabies, and failure to do so is illegal and a public health risk.

Dates to remember

• Monday, April 20 (08:30 to 12:00): Seaton Park on Lothian Road (Rosehill)

• Tuesday, April 21 (08:30 to 10:30): Playlot corner of St Kilda Avenue and High Ridge Road (Durban North)

• Tuesday, April 21 (11:00 to 12:30): Japanese Gardens on Prospect Hall Road (Durban North)

• Wednesday, April 22 (08:30 to 10:30): Postboxes at the corner of Somerset Drive and Keynsham Drive (Somerset Park)

• Wednesday, April 22 (11:00 to 12:30): Postboxes at the corner of Village Way and Spurwing Drive (Sunningdale)

• Thursday, April 23 (08:30 to 11:00): La Lucia park next to padel court (La Lucia)

• Thursday, April 23 (11:30 to 13:00): Durban View Parking area (uMhlanga)

• Friday, April 24 (08:30 to 10:00): Swimming pool area on Umsimbithi Place and Silver Oak Avenue (Mount Edgecombe)

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