Video by ODH on rabies/police/animal control

http://powerhost.powerstream.net/008/00153...lEncounters.wmv

This video talks a LOT about working with the local health department, so hopefully you local health department people are aware of what is expected of you and are already doing it!!!!

I thought the video was pretty good.

:yeah that:

Kash,

Thanks for the posting. I agree that it is pretty good. Was ODH going to officially let us know that this video was available for law enforcement? Or is law enforcement already utilizing the video for training?

The video was discussed during the weekly conference call. I didn't listen to the call, but I usually scan the minutes if there was anything that interested me. Here is the information for the video.


ODH Training Video-Animal Encounters: What Law Enforcement Officers Need to Know About Rabies: Dr. Jeanette O’Quin

Several years ago, Rick Setty EHD from Mahoning County suggested that law enforcement really could use an education piece about rabies and about not shooting rabies suspect animals in the head. It took us awhile, but ZDP and Creative Services just finished producing a 14 minute training video.



Distribution is planned through OAG Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA), which is responsible for the continuing education of all Ohio law enforcement officers. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is also planning to utilize this video to educate their wildlife officers. We are in the process of making DVDs which include both the video and handouts. The entire package will also be placed on OhioTrain. If you would like to preview the video, it can be accessed via the web at:

http://powerhost.powerstream.net/008/00153...lEncounters.wmv. At this time we ask that you do not distribute this outside of your health department. We will have DVDs available for LHD’s shortly.

I always find it odd, that videos, communications, policies and such that are developed with taxpayer money are not to be distributed to the general public or to anyone for that matter.

Since now my salary, personal time, vacation time, sick time and such are available online, I think everything created with tax dollars needs to be available for whomever wants to see it.

Why would this video be a secret?

I think parts of it are inflammatory and a bit overdone, especially the music. It also does not indicate that in most cases, an animal showing many of the signs indicated in the video, does not have rabies but is suffering from being hit by a car, distemper, thirst in a drought, or something other than rabies. I get concerned that every gun happy person will think an animal is rabid and run around yelling, "the sky is falling" when in fact it is not. Look at the idiots who kill their 3 month old puppy after it bites their snotty brat who just poked it in the eye with a stick.

I get the message it is trying to get across, seems a bit over the top tho to do it.

A dog that becomes a danger to a human needs to be put down, if my dog bit my infant/toddler it would be gone before the first drop of blood hit the floor. I love pets but they are just that and must not come before mankind.

All dogs can bite, its the circumstances surrounding that bite that determine whether the dog is a danger or not. There are dogs out there with serious behavioral problems that should be humanely euthanized (i.e. not a shotgun or a shovel). There are many more dogs that are involved in bites, nips, scrapes etc, that are simply reacting poorly to a set of unreasonable and misunderstood circumstances that they were placed in due to the owners ignorance or the ignorance of others. Children must be taught the correct way to approach strange dogs, the correct way to treat dogs they they live with. And under NO circumstances should a small child ever be around a dog without supervision.

As my favorite Co-Worker just said, No Dog should be around a child without supervision.