Vaccinating animals protects people too!

In many countries, the deadly viral disease rabies is still widespread. It is most commonly transmitted to humans through the bite of infected stray and domestic animals (like dogs and cats), as well as wild animals such as foxes, and it often ends fatally.

The major issue is that rabies is prevalent in many poorer regions and countries where numerous stray dogs (and wild animals) live. This leads to brutal and massive actions against these animals out of fear of the deadly transmission of rabies: shooting and poisoning campaigns are conducted to supposedly eliminate this "threat."

We address this problem with rabies vaccination campaigns and finance rabies vaccinations. This week, our SUST team, together with children from a village in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, raised awareness about these actions in 2024.

Thank you very much for your support, which allows us to vaccinate animals to protect humans. Here is the map showing all our activities outside of Switzerland: www.susyutzinger.ch/Aktivitaeten/AktivitaetenAusland