Couple sent to prosecutors after unvaccinated dog injures 7

The last rabies case in Japan was 1957 but dogs are still required to have the vaccine. Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.

Rabies is almost incidental to the criminality here.

This aggressive, untrained, unregistered and unrestrained animal injured 12 people including 9 kids. The couple deserve serious jail time through their recklessness causing injury. Life ban from having any animal.

Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.

Prove it was the rabies shot that killed it and sue them.

Exactly, you cannot.

The last rabies case in Japan was 1957 but dogs are still required to have the vaccine. Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.

Not all the wild animals are investigated and the virus can still be carried accross borders. Rabbies has been identified even as close as Taiwan in the past 10 years. The rabbies was eradicated thanks to the vaccine, pretty shocking to see anyone pleading against it.

Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.

Unless you had an autopsy performed on the dog, there is ZERO connection, just assumption and no proof, that it was due to the rabies vaccination.

Also, you dont mention about it being the first time for the vaccination, so it is also safe to assume that he had had the vaccinations for rabies in previous years with no problem!

As noted, it is EXTREMELY rare for a dog to die from the vaccination, and if you even had a slight concern that it was due to the vaccination it should have been reported immediately and the autopsy performed. But you dont mention any of that, so it sounds like you are looking for an excuse and while I am sorry for your loss, I find it hard to accept it was due to the vaccination!

I pray the dogs are not put down for this, it's not their fault! It's the fault of their owners who didnt properly train them!

The couple has admitted to the allegations, with the man quoted by police as saying he believed a rabies vaccination is bad for a dog's health.

Hahahaha

Winner!

I love dogs. But they are the responsibility of the owner. If a dog attacks people and has to be put down, it's the owner's fault.

YubaruToday  05:29 pm JST

I pray the dogs are not put down for this, it's not their fault! It's the fault of their owners who didnt properly train them!

Ok, so any human that commits a crime should not be punished, we should punish the parents instead???

Of course the dog should be put down.

Yubaru

Today 05:29 pm JST

I pray the dogs are not put down for this, it's not their fault! It's the fault of their owners who didnt properly train them!

The dog had to be tested for rabies

In instances like this being not vaccinated for rabies is very bad for an animal's health

dogs bred for hunting and left off a leash in a family park.

Prison.

Ok to be clear test for rabies involves directly examining the brain (in animals =))

So if you love your pet get it vaccinated even if you are against the vaccine. if it accidentally wounds someone even a little it might have to be tested for rabies

dogs bred for hunting

I didnt see where it is said in the article.

the most probable explanation they bred them for illegal sale and kept them in terrible conditions and with no care, no proper training or affection if not with beatings or starvation, thats why the dog was so aggrressive.

I used to know a person who bred dogs like that in poor conditions it was a crime against morality and God.

It needs to be confirmed for the victims who were bitten that they have not been infected with rabies, so the dog in question will have to be put down so a rabies test can be conducted post mortem. It's the only way. The other six dogs can be vaccinated and should be put up for adoption with their previous owners legally banned from ever owning dogs again.

The last rabies case in Japan was 1957 but dogs are still required to have the vaccine. Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.

The same thing happened to my Maltese, like injecting gasoline into their little bodies.

The 2-year-old Shikoku dog with a back length of around 130 centimeters attacked a total of 12 people in the incident, including nine elementary school pupils, of whom five were taken to hospital.

130cm?? That is a big dog! Lucky no one was killed.Seems there is more focus on the Rabies thing than the fact this idiot has dangerous dog breeds that he lets off leash and has zero control over. That's what he should be arrested for.

The last rabies case in Japan was in 1957 because dogs are still required to have the vaccine.

Not true last case i could find was in 2020, somebody from the Philippines caught it and bought it here and they are not the only people who have bought it here over the years.

As it is still possible to get rabies in some countries it is still possible to pass it on to dogs and reintroduce it if we stopped giving our pets the vaccine.

Unless we make sure all people coming from certain countries have had the vaccine prior to coming here. Pretty sure with how people reacted to the corona virus vaccine being required for travel it wouldn't go down so well especially since there is another option available (vaccinating pets).

the fact this idiot has dangerous dog breed that he lets off leash and has zero control over

well if they have consistent, knowledgeable training they should be fine, but certainly letting them of the leash and not keeping up with training is a recipe for disaster. I personally don't have time for an active energetic dog like this. they need to be taken out a lot

Unless we make sure all people coming from certain countries have had the vaccine prior to coming here.

That would be meaningless, rabies is not transmitted from people, so it is irrelevant if people are or not vaccinated. Dogs on the other hand are the ones that are already required to be vaccinated. The actual problem is that wild animals can fly or drift into Japan from places where rabies is present, there is always the possibility that the disease can re-emerge.