Istg, if I ever get rabies because some dumb ass antivaxxer refused to vaccinate their dog, I’ll probably be doing the rest of my blogging from prison because I promise you, Imma curbstomp the shit out of the owner
Fun fact: if your dog is unvaccinated and bites someone, in most states it’s not only perfectly legal but SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION for animal control to seize your dog, euthanize it, and cut its head off for rabies testing. This process costs 300-500 USD and is the responsibility of the owner to pay.
This happened to someone on tumblr, and happens with regularity at my job, so it is not a far-flung worst case scenario.
Rabies shots cost 20 USD at your local pet store or farm supply and if your dog bites someone while vaccinated, all you have to do is quarantine for 10 days.
Suggested course of action, while correct, really downplays this. If your dog isn’t vaccinated and it bites someone, assume it will be put down. Your pet will be destroyed, and in many areas, you will not get the remains back if there’s a suspicion of rabies, and most of the time you have absolutely no choice in the manner.
In many areas, unfortunately like mine, even if there’s a claim of a dog bite it can be enough. It doesn’t have to be proven in far too many cases. Even if you disregard the fact that rabies is extremely dangerous, uncurbable, untreatable, and a slow painful death once symptoms start, at the very least vaccinate your animals so you don’t ever have to deal with your pet forcibly being removed from you and killed.
