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Year 10 Scholars Raise Rabies Awareness on World Rabies Day on September 8, 2007

Dr. Bob Weedon and Jean McNeil

Wilmington, NC -- World Rabies Day is September 8 and SEPHLI Scholars Robert Weedon, DVM and Jean McNeil, DVM are gearing up to raise awareness of this preventable viral disease by hosting a World Rabies Day rabies clinic at the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. This clinic is provided free of cost to staff, faculty, students, and community members and is hosted by the Pre-Veterinary Medical Association, New Hanover County Animal Control Services and New Hanover County Health Department. This rabies awareness initative is a part of Bob and Jean's SEPHLI leadership project which aims to increase awareness of rabies disease through community-wide collaboration and education.

To see if others are raising awareness near you, please visit the World Rabies Day website.

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