Accra: Over 10,000 pets, including dogs, cats, and monkeys, have been targeted for free anti-rabies vaccination in the Kpone-Katamanso municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Dr. Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, the Tema Metropolitan Veterinary Officer with oversight duty for Kpone-Katamanso, announced that the free rabies exercise would commence on August 29 and end on October 02, 2025.
According to Ghana News Agency, the exercise was organized by the Veterinary Services Department (VSD), Ghana Health Services (GHS), and Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) in collaboration with the UK-based NGO, Mission Rabies. Dr. Pecku emphasized the importance of vaccinating pets against rabies infection, which could be fatal, and highlighted the need for households to comply with the directive to save lives within the municipality. Certificates would be awarded to owners who present their animals for the vaccination exercise.
He also mentioned that the free rabies vaccination would be conducted across all the 18 electoral areas within the Kpone-Katamanso municipality. Dr. Pecku called on stakeholders, including assembly members, to help disseminate the information to their respective electorates. He urged residents to cooperate with the veterinary officers who would be deployed into the various communities for the exercise, to enable them to meet the targeted threshold within the stipulated period.
