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Rabies threat in Israel
Monday, 19 October, 2009
According to Ministry of Agriculture's information, a steep rise in the number of rabies cases in animals has been recorded in recent months, becoming an "almost daily" event. Since the beginning of this year 36 rabies cases have been detected in animals, 22 of them in dogs, mostly in the Galilee and Golan Heights. Last month 9 people were bitten during one night by infected jackals in the Afula-Nazareth area [northern Israel]. In another incident a group of boys found 3 female donkeys roaming the hills of Jerusalem and brought them to a school-farm nearby the village Sedot Micha. One of the boys was bitten by a donkey and was taken to the hospital. The donkey was transferred to the Veterinary Service and found positive for rabies.
