Lewis-Upshur Animal Control to offer free vaccine clinics for cats and dogs in May
BUCKHANNON – The Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility is providing free vaccine clinics for cats and dogs this May.
Director Jan Cochran mentioned the power obtained a $20,000 Petco Love grant and determined to use the funds to set up the clinics to assist restrict the unfold of canine parvovirus and panleukopenia in cats.
“We are doing two clinics, one in Upshur and one in Lewis County. The Upshur County date is May 5, that’s Tuesday, and it’s going to run from 11 am to 1 pm It’s going to be in the parking lot of Tractor Supply, and it’ll be a drive-up clinic,” Cochran mentioned. “They will not get out of their cars with their animals. We will come by with forms, the emergency management team is going to be parking cars, and we’ll come up with forms. They’ll fill out forms, and then a vet will come around and do the vaccine at their cars.”
The free vaccines being provided embody the distemper parvo vaccine for dogs, the feline distemper panleukopenia vaccine and rabies vaccines for each animals.
“If they do not bring proof their animal has a rabies vaccine, then they’ll get a three-year vaccine. If they do not bring proof their animal has had a rabies vaccine, they’re only going to get a one-year rabies vaccine,” Cochran mentioned. “They’ll get the rabies tags that day, but everything else will be mailed to them, and they’ll get proof of what vaccines they received. We’ll give them a carbon copy of it, but then the rabies certificates will come in an email to them, or if they don’t have email, it’ll get mailed.”
Participants can have to convey an ID or driver’s license exhibiting they’re an Upshur County resident to take part in the Upshur County clinic.
“There’s no limit on how many animals you can bring. If we run out before 1 pm, then the clinic’s just over because we bought so many vaccines for each county,” Cochran mentioned. “You wouldn’t believe how expensive the vaccines are.”
The Lewis County clinic will happen May 26 on the Lewis County Park from 9 am to midday, with the identical system and necessities because the Upshur County clinic.
“The reason we decided to do this is to try to keep parvo down in our counties and then, if we keep it down in our counties, then we can try to prevent it from coming into our shelters,” Cochran mentioned. “The feline panleukopenia is a bit worse than parvo this year, which is like parvo in cats. That’s what is running rampant, and a lot of times when you see panleukopenia, you’ll see it in colonies of cats because the colonies have never been vaccinated.”
