The Rabies Challenge Fund
World-renowned vaccine research scientist and practicing
veterinarian, Dr. W. Jean Dodds of California, and pet vaccine disclosure
advocate, Kris L. Christine of Maine, have established The Rabies Challenge
Fund to raise money to fund a 7 year canine rabies vaccine challenge study
in the United States.
In addition to the challenge study, the fund will finance a study of the
adjuvants used in veterinary rabies vaccines and establish a rabies vaccine
adverse reaction reporting system.
Nationally, rabies vaccination is the one immunization required by law to be
administered annually or triennially to domestic dogs and cats. Researchers
believe this vaccine causes the most and worst adverse reactions in
animals. The Rabies Challenge Fund has been founded to improve the safety
of rabies vaccines and to determine, by challenge, if they confer immunity
for 5 or 7 years.
The Rabies Challenge Fund's first official sponsors are Deb Odom (Florida)
and Dawn Turner (Arizona), who have committed to donating a portion of the
proceeds from the sale of their pet vaccine informed consent posters and
informational flyers.
Donations can be sent to THE RABIES CHALLENGE FUND, c/o Hemopet, 11330
Markon Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92841.
The Rabies Challenge Fund poster designed by fund sponsor Deb Odom is
accessible at
http://www.zbirdbrain.com/PetAdvocatesTownHallCisSupport.htm
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It's official -- the Chicago lawfirm of Childress Duffy Goldblatt,
Ltd. --
Attorneys Roy R. Brandys and John Sawin-- has posted an announcement on
their website about the NATIONAL pet vaccine class action lawsuit that their
firm is undertaking at
http://www.childresslaw.net/CM/Custom/Custom52.asp
"arising from the misrepresentation of the need for vaccinations for your
pets."
petvaccine@childresslaw.net 312-494-0200
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- Important news for companion animal owners about a 7 year
canine rabies vaccine challenge fund and a national pet vaccine class
action lawsuit (see below and read Aaron Miller's Lincoln County Weekly
story Rabies Challenge Kicks Off Fundraiser
http://www.courierpub.com/articles/2005/10/12/lincolncountyweekly/local_news/4news.txt
Kay Liss's story Nationwide Campaign Launched to Fund Rabies Vaccine
Study in the Lincoln County News at
http://www.mainelincolncountynews.com/index.cfm?ID=14204 ;
Denise Flaim's 9/19/05 story Challenging the Rabies Vaccine in Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-lspets4432971sep19,0,1274963.column
and Nancy Freedman Smith's Story in Maine Today, News, The Rabies
Challenge Fund
http://blogs.mainetoday.com/dogslife/002976.html) -- permission is
granted to post and cross-post this message. Please help to spread the
word so we can get these studies underway as soon as possible.
Anyone wishing to have a copy of the 1992 French challenge
study data from a research team led by Michel Aubert in which dogs were
demonstrated to be immune to a rabies challenge 5 years after
vaccination, please e-mail me,
Kris Christine
