The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) recently teamed up with Boston Animal Control for two community rabies vaccine clinics, in an effort to provide convenient and accessible services for Boston pet owners.

With the partnership with Boston Animal Control, pet owners were able to have their animals receive a rabies vaccine, distemper vaccine, microchip, as well as pet licenses – all for free!

The rabies vaccine clinics were held at ARL’s Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center, and at the Leahy-Holloran Community Center in Dorchester, and staffed by ARL and Boston Animal Control veterinarians, as well as ARL volunteers.

The combined clinics had a tremendous impact, helping more than 150 animals!

This marks the fourth rabies vaccine clinic that ARL has hosted this year.

Previously, ARL held clinics in Dedham and on Cape Cod to further offer these vital services to pet owners in the regions that ARL proudly serves.

Aside from accessibility and convenience, the services the rabies clinics provided were also vital for pet owners.

A rabies vaccine is important for a variety of reasons, but Massachusetts law also requires dogs and cats to be vaccinated for rabies, and the importance of a  microchip cannot be overstated.

Microchips have reunited thousands of pets with their owners, even ones who have been missing for years or traveled many miles away! If your pet were to go astray, any veterinarian’s office, animal hospital, or animal shelter would be able to scan your pet’s microchip and contact you immediately. Nearly half of the animals receiving services during the past two clinics also received microchips.

ARL would like to thank Boston Animal Control for continuing these annual clinics and look forward to providing further services in 2023!