Mission
The City Council created this adhoc committee on December 1, 2021, to evaluate a rabies vaccination program in the region and determine ways for collaboration in communities.
Membership
| Mary Ellen Bell | City Council rep. |
| Elizabeth Dingley, Chair | City Council rep. |
| Roo Dunn | City Council rep. |
| Anna Hunt | |
| Chris Marks | |
| Rose McConnell | |
| Peter Smith | |
| Marc Meyers, City Manager | Ex Officio |
Membership updated 3-18-2022
Previous work
In response to an influx of rabid animals in 2019-2020, which resulted in 18 fox attacks on people and pets, the City partnered with the USDA and Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on response including public education and a trapping program to reduce population densities of locally abundant rabies vector species to mitigate the human-wildlife conflict.
Trapping Program Press Release
Following the trapping program, a previous rabies adhoc committee was created by City Council to consider options for addressing potential rabies outbreaks. This committee met from January 2021-July 2021.
Two products from that adhoc committee's work:
Greater Bath, Maine Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) Zone Design, provided by USDA
Rabies Ad Hoc Committee Update for Council, August 4, 2021
For more information on rabies, visit www.cityofbath.com/rabies.