rabies

When we hear about bats, we typically don't think about East Texas. However, Texas is one of the biggest places for bats in the entire world. That's why its important to make sure your pets are protected against rabies.

If you don't have your dog or cat vaccinated for rabies, now is a great time to do it. Positive rabies cases are popping up in several counties across Texas in animals including skunks and raccoons, and to avoid the risk pets should have the shots. Earlier this year an airdrop program put tiny packets of rabies vaccine on the ground with bait to attract skunks, and although that's expected to help

That's not a ketchup packet, it's a rabies vaccine. The bait is about the size of a ketchup packet, and it's being dropped from helicopters across much of Texas so skunks will eat it, and be effectively vaccinated against the rabies virus. Just how close to Lufkin is this unconventional rabies clinic being conducted?