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Legislation

16 U.S. States Have Medical Exemptions in Lieu of Rabies Vaccination: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Click here for the full text of each state's exemption language.

Special News - March 2011
Patricia Ann Styles Bequeathes $60,000 to The Rabies Challenge Fund

The late Patricia Ann Styles of Australia has made a generous bequest of $60,000 to The Rabies Challenge Fund in "grateful acknowledgement of so much advice, generosity and wonderful support that I received from so many dog owners across the United States," and for all the kind and touching tributes she received when she lost her beloved therapy dog, Nikki. It was Pat's desire that this gift would "help towards freeing [dog owners] from the mandatory requirement to have their dogs repeatedly vaccinated against rabies."

Pat's will specified that $10,000 of her gift be set aside to ensure that each of the dogs involved in this important research "is given ‘special treats’ from time to time" in recognition of the fact that "they have more individual value than their scientific contribution to the study."

The Rabies Challenge Fund is deeply grateful for this significant bequest and for Pat's efforts to pass vaccine disclosure legislation in Australia and raise awareness of the risks of overvaccination globally.