Chris - I wouldn't be surprised if we find Canada's rabies problem is compounded by our rabies vectors migrating into Canada. Obviously, if Canada combats the problem and the U.S. doesn't, Canada wouldn't be able to elimnate it. From the reports I've read on Europe, rabies has been drastically decreased and in some areas become nonexistant. The U.S. needs to get on the ball! Doesn't seem to me they want to elimate it just control it. Hugs to all! tle [While Canadians do tend to blame the Americans for a lot of things moving north ;-), it is probably not that big a factor in this case. For example, the raccoon-rabies issue has been big in the US for a number of years, but rabid raccoons are still almost non-existant here. According to the statistics at least... We have a big problem because our population density is so low, and the land area is so big. So, the animal populations are far higher relative to the forces trying to combat it. If migratory rabies was a primary factor, we should *still* be able to reduce incidence. But, the numbers, while somewhat cyclic, aren't trending downwards. It's just too big a problem to reduce given the resources we can commit. The main thing, though, is that the government has been effective in preventing humans from catching the disease - there hasn't been a human case of rabies since the early 50's. In contrast, in Europe, the population densities are so high and the wild areas so small, that it's relatively easy to make a big dent. But they have to get pretty drastic. Eg: the quarantine laws in England...] [Posted in FML issue 0909]