Rabies clinics planned in September for dogs, cats, ferrets 8.28.2025
August 28, 2025
Rabies clinics planned in September for dogs, cats, ferrets
MOBILE, Ala. — World Rabies Day is celebrated each September 28 to raise global awareness about rabies prevention and marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, who developed the first rabies vaccine. Despite being 100 percent preventable, nearly 70,000 people die from rabies each year.
The Mobile County Health Department provides low-cost rabies shots for dogs, cats, and ferrets that are good for one year during weekend clinics. Here is a list of the rabies clinics planned during weekends in September across Mobile County:
• Saturday, September 6, 10 a.m. to noon, City of Mobile Animal Shelter, 855 Owens Street in Mobile
• Saturday, September 13, 10 a.m. to noon, Mobile County Animal Shelter, 7665 Howells Ferry Road in Mobile
• Saturday, September 13, 1 to 3 p.m., Pet Supplies Plus, 803 Hillcrest Road in Mobile
• Saturday, September 20, 8 a.m. to noon, Eddie Smith’s Country Store, 14045 Celeste Road in Turnerville
• Saturday, September 27, 9 a.m. to noon, hosted by Prichard Animal Shelter (the clinic will be in the Prichard Municipal Stadium parking lot at 222 Coach W. Harold Clark Drive). In observance of World Rabies Day, MCHD’s Vector Control will be present to provide information on its services.
• Saturday, September 27, 1 to 3 p.m., B&B Pet Stop, 5035 Cottage Hill Road in Mobile
These events will be drive-through clinics. The cost of the rabies vaccine per pet is $12. All rabies shots are payable in cash.
Each month, MCHD’s Rabies Officer provides residents with low-cost vaccines for their pet dogs, cats, and ferrets at a variety of locations. The state of Alabama tasks local health departments with providing affordable rabies vaccinations to pet owners. MCHD’s Rabies Officer provided 189 vaccinations (168 dogs, 21 cats) during August.
Rabies is a virus that attacks the central nervous system. It is transmitted from infected mammals to humans and is fatal once symptoms appear. Symptoms of rabies include unusual behavior, irritability, headache, fever, inability to eat or drink, balance problems, circling, seizures, coma, and, finally, death. All warm-blooded mammals, including humans, are susceptible to rabies.
MCHD’s Rabies Officer vaccinated 2,866 household pets (2,289 dogs and 577 cats) in 2024. To learn more about our program, visit https://mchd.org/disease-control/#rabies.
A Rabies Quarantine Fact Sheet is available through the Alabama Department of Public Health at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/infectiousdiseases/assets/rabiesquarantinefactsheet.pdf.