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10 <br /> Elimination of <br /> • Most significantly for shelters, we effectively eliminated <br /> Canine Variant Rabies canine variant rabies. Wildlife vectors became the primary <br /> source of rabies - not dogs. <br /> o By 1960, wildlife were diagnosed more frequently with <br /> 00 <br /> rabies than were domesticated animals. <br /> o The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared <br /> that canine variant rabies was eradicated from the <br /> United States in 2007. <br /> o In North Carolina, the last case of human rabies <br /> acquired from a canine was in 1955, when a woman <br /> succumbed to canine variant rabies after she was bitten by <br /> her pet dog. <br /> During this time, sheltering is starting to shift from purely <br /> rabies control to animal welfare. Adoption programs were <br /> developed, meaning that animals could leave the shelter <br /> through adoption, rather than simply by owner reclaim or <br /> euthanasia. <br />