When we do a Trap Neuter Release [TNR] the cat gets a rabies vaccine. If that is handled through the shelter they do not get a tag because they know that cat’s going to be re-released and no one’s ever going to need to prove it was vaccinated. If anyone has any doubts they can just see that it’s got a clipped ear and know that it’s already been done.
But if it’s done through a veterinary office, you get the tag. But the tag doesn’t follow the cat. So I have a pile of rabies tags.
Keep thinking I need to get all the rabies tags that all the other TNR people have and do some kind of art project with them. Maybe get it put up at a local watering hole with a plea for people to donate to our local SPCA to help fund this work.
Future recipients of rabies tags:
The rabies tag should never be put on a collar. Collars get lost. Collars get broken and fall off. Break away collars get left behind. The tags are for your records, not for the animal’s collar.
I agree. Not many cats even use collars. I thought they were the relic of some optimistic veterinary practices lol
Then shouldn’t it be a paper certificate or plastic wallet-card? People generally don’t have good ways to organise and store tags like these.
It’s an old system that is due for updates