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### **Airdropping Rabies Vaccines: A Success Story**
There’s an innovative approach of airdropping oral rabies vaccines to combat canine rabies. It helps not only dogs but also coyotes and foxes. Texas has been receiving these airdrops for years.
This method emerged from the necessity to control two major rabies epidemics in wildlife, leading to the Texas Oral Rabies Vaccination Program. Since the 1990s, millions of vaccine doses have been distributed annually, evolving from initial strategies involving baits dropped from 1989 to 1995, which successfully eradicated the fox variant of rabies. The development of recombinant rabies vaccines in the 1980s marked a significant advancement, offering a safer, more effective vaccination without the risk of causing rabies, and this was crucial in expanding wildlife vaccination projects across strategic states.
Globally, efforts like those by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control aim to eliminate canine rabies by 2030, emphasizing a One Health Approach where vaccinating dogs significantly reduces rabies transmission to humans.
Through continued monitoring and vaccination efforts, these strategies aim for a rabies-free future.
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**5 Crazy Facts:**
* Elves and trolls from Norse mythology are sometimes considered cryptids due to their connections with modern-day sightings.
* The Orang Pendek is a small, human-like cryptid reported in the rainforests of Sumatra.
* The Mount Rushmore sculpture was never fully completed as originally planned due to lack of funds.
* The world's largest art museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, contains over 2 million works.
* Georgia O’Keeffe's paintings of large flowers are often interpreted as symbols of femininity, though she denied these interpretations.
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