| Hoima municipality |
voice of kamwenge
More than 800 dogs
have been vaccinated in the ongoing mass vaccination against rabies in Hoima
Municipality. Another 189 dogs have also been killed from the four divisions of
Kahoora, Mparo, Busiisi and Bujumbura in the municipality over the last three
days.
Hoima Municipal Veterinary officer Swalleh Kajuma says those killed were stray dogs that had been abandoned by their owners. Kajuma says this year the Municipal veterinary department intends to vaccinate 1500 dogs.
The exercise comes at the backdrop of several attacks by stray dogs on civilians in the municipality. One of the stray dogs attacked and injured eight people in the villages of Kijogoro and Kyatiri in Mirya Sub County, Masindi district, while another injured woman in Kyabalyanga cell in Bujumbura division.
Kajuma says after the vaccination exercise, which runs up to the end of the month, the Veterinary department will embark on a house to house monitoring to verify whether all dogs are safe to keep in homes. He adds that persons who will be found with unvaccinated dogs will be arrested and charged.
Hoima Municipal Veterinary officer Swalleh Kajuma says those killed were stray dogs that had been abandoned by their owners. Kajuma says this year the Municipal veterinary department intends to vaccinate 1500 dogs.
The exercise comes at the backdrop of several attacks by stray dogs on civilians in the municipality. One of the stray dogs attacked and injured eight people in the villages of Kijogoro and Kyatiri in Mirya Sub County, Masindi district, while another injured woman in Kyabalyanga cell in Bujumbura division.
Kajuma says after the vaccination exercise, which runs up to the end of the month, the Veterinary department will embark on a house to house monitoring to verify whether all dogs are safe to keep in homes. He adds that persons who will be found with unvaccinated dogs will be arrested and charged.
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