Honorable NAME
Address
City, State, Zip. 

Dear (title) (name),

I am writing today to express my concern over current rabies vaccination laws in (city/state/county). I love my pets and understand the need to protect them from the scourge of rabies, but current laws are outdated. 

Modern studies have shown that so-called booster shots do not necessarily improve an animal's immunity. Most animals will be immune for life if administered the recommended core vaccines during their first year of life. After the initial rabies vaccination and a booster around the age of one year, most pets have verifiable immunity which should be checked via a titer test.

A titer is a blood antibody test that can confirm or deny immunity. This test is what should be required of pet owners in lieu of annual vaccinations. The American Holistic Veterinary Medial Association supports the development of a screening test by the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. I believe an immunity test like this should be required by law along with a single rabies vaccination. If the test is positive, no further vaccinations should be required. If the test is negative, re-vaccination should be required. This required testing will have the additional benefit of weeding out non-responders who would be unknowingly susceptible to the rabies virus despite the fact that they received the required vaccination.

Dr. Ronald Schultz is the head of the pathobiological sciences department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine. His specialty is veterinary immunology, and he recommends that pets receive core vaccinations at 8, 12, and 16 weeks. Then, two or more weeks later, they should be tested with an antibody titer to make sure that the vaccinations have induced an immune response. Those pets are now protected for life. There is no reason to continue boosting vaccines because it doesn’t improve the immune response. He states that re-vaccination should only be required for those animals who did not pass the titer test.

While over-vaccinating our animals has been successful at minimizing the rabies virus, it has also created problems for our companion animals, not the least of which is a risk in cats of injection site sarcomas.

I honestly believe that current rabies vaccination laws are behind the times and should be changed. Thank you for your time and for your consideration for the health and well-being of our furry family members.

Sincerely,
YOUR NAME