Beaufort, Jasper county vets holding rabies clinics in April

Veterinarians across Beaufort and Jasper counties are joining the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to hold low-cost rabies vaccination clinics in April.

All dogs, cats and ferrets must be vaccinated under state law, and owners who need to vaccinate their pets can do so for less than $10 at clinics north and south of the Broad River.

More than 470,000 South Carolina animals were vaccinated against rabies in 2015, according to DHEC. Still, several hundred South Carolinians undergo preventative treatment each year after being exposed to a rabid or suspected rabid animal.

In 2014, a Hilton Head Island man strangled a rabid raccoon after it lunged and bit him on the leg in Sea Pines. Beaufort County was also among the 31 counties in the state with reported cases of rabies in 2015. In total, there were 130 reports of infected animals in South Carolina last year.

Beaufort

• April 2, 8-10 a.m.: Mossy Oaks Fire Station, 2519 Mossy Oaks Rd. Battery Creek Vet.
• April 2, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Bargain Builders Parking Lot, 481 Parris Island Gateway, #D. Battery Creek Vet.
• April 9, 8-10 a.m.: Mossy Oaks Fire Station.
• April 9, 9-10:30 a.m.: Beaufort County Animal Shelter, 23 Shelter Church Road.
• April 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Bargain Builders Parking Lot.
• April 9, 11:30-12:30 a.m., Custom K-9 Inc., 128 Castle Rock Road.
• April 16, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.: Battery Creek Vet Hospital, 14 Savannah Highway.
• April 23, 9-10:30 a.m., Beaufort County Animal Shelter.
• April 23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.: Battery Creek Vet Hospital.
• April 30, 9-10:30 a.m., Beaufort County Animal Shelter.

Bluffton

• April 9, 4-5 p.m.: Advanced Auto, 1180 Fording Island Road. Dr. Robert Zemel, Low Country Pet.
• April 16, 8-10 a.m.: Hilton Head Vet Clinic, 200 Okatie Village Dr., Suite 104.
• April 23, 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Advanced Auto. Dr. Robert Zemel, Low Country Pet.

Burton area

• April 2, 12-1:15 p.m.: Grays Hill Fire Station, 14 Bruce K. Smalls Dr. Battery Creek Vet.
• April 2, 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Lobeco Fire Station, 66 Keans Neck Rd. Battery Creek Vet.
• April 2: 2:45-3:45 p.m, Sheldon Fire Station, 5 Fire Station Ln. Battery Creek Vet.

Hilton Head Island

• April 16, 2-4 p.m.: Hilton Head Vet Clinic, 109 Mathews Dr.
• April 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Plantation Animal Hospital, 105-B Dillon Rd.

Lady’s Island

• April 2, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Lady’s Island Feed N Seed, 347 Sea Island Pkwy. Port Royal Vet.
• April 9, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Lady’s Island Feed N Seed.
• April 9, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Dollar General, 180 Sea Island Pkwy. Low Country Vet.
• April 16, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Lady’s Island Feed N Seed.
• April 23, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Lady’s Island Feed N Seed.
• April 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Dollar General.
• April 30, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Lady’s Island Feed N Seed.

Port Royal

• April 3, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Port Royal Vet Hospital, 1502 Paris Ave.
• April 24, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Port Royal Vet Hospital.

Jasper County

• April 2, 2-4p.m.: Hardeeville Vet Clinic, 709 Main St., Hardeeville. Dr. Chrisine Owens.
• April 23, 8-11 a.m.: Spay Neuter Alliance Clinic, 21 Getsinger Dr., Ridgeland.
• April 30, 12-1 p.m.: Harvey’s Supermarket, 8205B E. Main St., Ridgeland. Dr. Robert Zemel.
• April 30, 3-4 p.m.: Piggly Wiggly/Price Wise, 7 Main St., Hardeeville. Dr. Robert Zemel.

This story was originally published March 30, 2016 at 1:50 PM with the headline "Beaufort, Jasper county vets holding rabies clinics in April."