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2. Chico Is Dead - A Victim Of Bureaucratic Ignorance
ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Margaret Morin, dogs_good [at] yahoo.com
PHOTO: This is a Cynomolgus Monkey (also called a Long-tailed Macaque) like Chico -- the monkey needlessly killed to test his brain for rabies.
BACKGROUND (edited for length):
3/11/08, dogs_good [at] yahoo.com -- There is no definitive test for rabies, other than killing the suspected animal and testing brain tissue. However, the treatment protocols for one exposed to rabies is 100% successful in eliminating the disease, and although costly (approx. $1700) it involves only 5 shots over 4 weeks...
IN FACT, the treatment would be administered at the very same SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT facility where the decision to kill Chico was made by Dr. Larry Jecha. Post-exposure vaccines are readily available -- and SRHD could pass on the savings to the three individuals who were bitten. Did ANYONE ask the three individuals if they were willing to go this route? Did ANYONE explain the FACT to them?
The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has only three studies which pertain to quarantine periods to definitively rule-out rabies... For dogs, cats and ferrets. The quarantine period is 10 days... CDC has determined that mammals will die within 10 days if they bit while rabid.
IF Chico bit while rabid, he would have exhibited symptoms within the 10 days he was held at Spokanimal, this can be medically and scientifically extrapolated simply because he is a mammal, of similar size as a small to medium dog, and the rabies virus progresses the same in mammals. Of course, Chico exhibited no such symptoms.
“I've spent all day speaking with health officials and other bureaucrats, pointing out the scientific flaws as well as the procedural flaws in the decision to kill Chico, the cynomolgus monkey. I even offered to pay all the costs of rabies prophylaxis for the three human beings who were bitten in addition to costs of transporting Chico to our Sanctuary.
It all fell on deaf ears. Chico was killed late in the afternoon...”
Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D.
Co-director, Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary
Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute
email: ned [at] bornfreeusa.org *
www.api4primates.org/
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
Express your personal disappointment in Spokane's lack of interest and willingness to make an informed decision. The Mayor's Office and the Health Department received a reported FLOODING of phone calls, yet, they made a decision to ignore the public's outcry. The SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT receives FEDERAL FUNDING -- your tax dollars.
Mayor Mary Verner, City of Spokane
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.; Spokane, WA 99201
ph: 509-625-6250
email: mverner [at] spokanecity.org, mayor [at] spokanecity.org
CONTACT CITY COUNCIL:
www.spokanecity.org/government/citycouncil/
Spokane Regional Health District
1101 W. College Ave; Spokane, WA 99201
ph: 509-324-1500; email: CKaatz [at] spokanecounty.org
website:
www.srhd.org/
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