On the 23th of January, three months after the last wolf carcass was found, EWCP Monitors discovered a new casualty. The new death had occurred 7 months later, and 35 km west of the index case –the first wolf to die of rabies.
The revelation that the outbreak reached the Morabawa population prompted the Emergency Response Team to re-group. On the 4th of February the team captured and vaccinated the first wolf -an adult female from the Weshema pack. After 10 days of sleepless nights, 25 wolves were vaccinated against rabies in 7 wolf families in the Morabawa popualtion (Fulbana, Wesema, Waota, Leliso, Gurati, Duna and Huke).
The vaccination intervention covered many of the packs living in Morabawa, and around half of all the wolves in this local population. We are confident that the battle against rabies in Morabawa is won...
Eric Bedin and Claudio Sillero