Run for Rabies

Run for Rabies
Photo by Tom Thompson

September 18, 2007

Dr. Mark Russak of the College of Veterinary Medicine, his wife Ellen and their pet dogs joined others for this past weekend's 5K Run for Rabies. The Student Chapter/American Veterinary Medical Association-sponsored event on the North Farm sought to raise support for World Rabies Day. Begun last year by Britain's Alliance for Rabies Control and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the observance spotlights an estimated 55,000 unnecessary deaths each year from the preventable disease.