Health department will offer free rabies vaccinations for cats on Staten Island

All Cats – Even if Vaccinated – Should Be Kept Indoors The Health Department is offering free rabies vaccinations for all Staten Island cats, starting this Saturday, January 20, as part of an effort to prevent the spread of rabies to people and pets following an increase in animal rabies. Thirty-five Staten Island animals, mostly raccoons, tested positive for rabies in 2006, and three raccoons have already tested positive in 2007. From 1998 until 2006, only one rabid raccoon was identified there. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2007/pr001-07.shtml