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A young Zulu boy and his dog in Mpophomeni Township, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
In Africa, school-aged boys most frequently handle the family dog. These boys usually present the dogs for vaccination during rabies immunization campaigns. In Mpophomeni, a group of local volunteers conduct obedience and agility training for the boys and their dogs, which improves animal welfare and socialization. This training may lead to a decreased incidence of dog bite in a community through behavioral changes in both humans and canines. (See Hergert and Nel.)
Image Credit: Melinda Hergert (melindahergert@yahoo.com)
Citation: (2013) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 7(4) April 2013. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(4): ev07.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v07.i04
Published: April 25, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Hergert and Nel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
In Africa, school-aged boys most frequently handle the family dog. These boys usually present the dogs for vaccination during rabies immunization campaigns. In Mpophomeni, a group of local volunteers conduct obedience and agility training for the boys and their dogs, which improves animal welfare and socialization. This training may lead to a decreased incidence of dog bite in a community through behavioral changes in both humans and canines. (See Hergert and Nel.)
Image Credit: Melinda Hergert (melindahergert@yahoo.com)