Low-Cost Rabies Clinic In Pueblo This Weekend

Public Health Officials are promoting low-cost rabies vaccination clinics occurring in Pueblo this weekend. Currently, 13 skunks have tested positive for rabies in Pueblo this year, and pets have been euthanized after contact with rabid skunks.

The following are dates, times, and places for the rabies vaccination clinics:

Saturday, May 19th, 2012 9:00am-12pm, noon, for the first 100 pets. Pueblo Animal Services 4600 Eagleridge Place 719-544-3005 Rabies shots offered ~$8.00 Sunday, May 20th, 2012 1:00- 4:00pm Southern Colorado Spay and Neuter Clinic 1700 S. Prairie 719-564-3776 Rabies shots offered ~$10.00 This year to date, rabid skunks have been found in the following areas: ~Mineral Palace Park ~Minnequa Lake ~Mesa area ~Hyde Park/Wildhorse Creek area ~Fowler, a neighboring community of Pueblo County Visit www.cdc.gov/rabies for more information about rabies.