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Sec. B, Page 4
The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Rabies expected to be bad this year
By AMY BURK
Staff Writer
Several cases of rabies
infection and exposure have been
reported in the area already this
year and authorities warn that the
disease may hit harder this year
than it has in the past.
“It looks like rabies is going to
be bad this year,’’Dublin Animal
Control Officer Daniel Slocomb
said.
A 16-year-old Houston boy
awoke one morning to find a bat
in his bedroom. The bat was
removed and the boy had no
visible signs of having been
bitten.
Symptoms later appeared in
the child and his family admitted
him to Texas Children's Hospital,
where he later died,
In another case in Decatur, a
family unknowing!) purchased a
rabies-infected pit bull puppy
from the back of a pick-up truck
in the Wal-Mart parking lot and
took it home. The puppy bit it's
new owner and his 17-year-old
sister who. along with a toddler
exposed to the dog's saliva, are
now being treated for rabies.
Slocomb wants that an
idividual selling or giving away
dogs or cats in parking lots and on
the sides Of roads are not the safest
pet providers.
“1 wouldn't get an arrintal from
one unless the seller can provide
proof of vaccination for ,1ny dog
or cat that is old enough to have
received them,” Slocomb said. “If
one is less than four months old
you should ask to see proof that
the mother and father have both
received their rabies shots.”
TJ\e best choice for pet
adoption is by visiting the Dublin
City Pound.
“Most people don't even know
we have a pound,” Slocomb said.
The pet adoption fee at the City-
Pound is $5, but patrons are asked
to leave a $50 deposit to be
returned as soon as the new pet
owner shows proof that they have
vaccinated the animal against
rabies.
Slocomb advises anyone who
has an unvaccinated pet to get
them their shots as soon as
possible. Rabies shots are
available at the Dublin Veterinary
Clinic for $ 13, a small price to pay
when compared to the costs
associated with rabies treatments
once exposure haS taken place.
Anyone exposed or possibly
exposed to rabies must receive a
series of five shots in the 28 days
following exposure. These shots
alone cost $1,802 for one without
consideration for the cost Of the
visits to the doctor's office.
Someone finding themselves in
need of rabies treatments can
expect to spend about $2,500 for
the total cost of the treatments.
Oftentimes, an entire family
exposed to the saliva of a rabid pet
will require treatment.
"We had a man adopt a puppy
from us and we didn't know at the
time that a skunk had gotten into
the litter," Judy Halmark, Director
of the Erath County Humane
Society said. '/A few weeks later
the puppy^ cdme up rabid and it
cost him almost $10,000 to have
his family treated"
Though family pets may carry
rabies, wild animals such as
coyotes, skunks, foxes, bats and
racoons are the most common
carriers of the disease. Any wild
animals that seems to be friendly
or tame or any nocturnal animals
that appear during the daylight
hours should be avoided.
“We get a lot of calls from
people that see skunks out during
the day that are walking like they
are drunk,” Slocomb said.
"Skunks do occasionally look for
food during the day. They always
walk like they are drunk. This is
not unusual behavior and doesn't
necessarily need reporting: If a
skunk gets into a litter of puppies,
that should be reported.”
Keep your pets vaccinated
against rabies and watch for the
following signs in other animals.
Early signs of rabies in animals
are:
•Change in tone of the dog's
bark
•Chewing at the bite site
•Fever
•Loss of appetite
•Subtle changes in behavior
Later stages of rabies, Known
as the “mad-dog syndrome,”
are:
•Craving to eat any thing,
including inedible objects
•Constant growling and
barking
•Dilated pupils
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•Disorientation
•Erratic behavior
•Episodes of aggression
•Facial expression showing
anxiety and hyperalertness
•Irritability
•No fear of natural enemies
•Restlessness
•Roaming
•Seizures
•Trembling and muscle
incoordination
The final stage of the disease
includes the following
symptoms:
•Appearance of choking
•Dropping of the lower jaw
(in dogs)
•Inability to swallow, leading
to drooling and foaming of
saliva (i.e., "foaming at the
mouth")
•Paralysis of jaw, throat, and
chewing muscles
Learning
celebration...
Students from the Dublin
Intermediate School spent last
Wednesday celebrating the end of
the year and a job well done on their
TAKS tests. Students left in the
morning and watched “Over the
Hedge" at the movie theatre in
Stephenville. Students that received
commendations on their TAKS tests
were then treated to lunch at CiCi’s
before meeting up with the rest of
their class, who enjoyed sacks
lunches, at the Dublin City Park. The
rest of the day was spent playing
before returning to school late in the
afternoon. Children, shown here,
rehydrated before the bus ride back
to the school.
Part 19
Ulysses S. Grant and the
battle of Shiloh...April 1862
Major General Ulysses Grant,
has survived the series of, largely
prejudicial, onslaughts from his
elitist immediate superior Major
General Henry Wager Halleck.
During the period that he was the
victim of these attacks, and despite
their negative effect on him, Grant
had proven himself to be an
effective leader and a tenacious
fighter.
Too, up to that point, he had
been the only Union officer to win
a substantial battle (Fort
Donelson) against the
Confederates, although Halleck
steadfastly refused to allow him
any credit for any of his
accomplishments. President
Lincoln and War Secretary
Stanton had, for the time being
anyway, settled the largely one-
sided dispute between Halleck and
Grant, in favor of Grant, when
they wired Halleck to provide
proof and details of any and all of
the improper activities reported in
the accusations against Grant.
Halleck knew; that much of his
evidence was weak, and he knew
that' some of his accusations had
been based on unproved rumors.
An all-out fight with Grant, who
obviously was in favor with
Lincoln and Stanton, could be a
skirmish with an unexpected
outcome too close to call. So
Halleck backed down and sent
Grant back to his command.
But wait dear reader, he ain't
through with Ulysses yet...
Grant's army was concentrated
in two camps along and near the
Tennessee River about 20 miles
from Corinth, Miss. The city was
located on the junction of the two
most important railways in the
Mississippi valley. Together, these
railroads carried troops and
supplies for the Confederate
armies to the east and to the west.
Knowing that Corinth, and its
railroad yards, were protected by a
large concentration of Confederate
troops, Grant began planning his
move on the city. But to his great
surprise, before his
army could move
on Corinth,
Confederate
General Albert
Sydney Johnston,
commander of the
Corinth area
Confederate
armies, along with
his second in
command. General
P.GT. Beauregard,
attacked one of
Grant's two camps
which was located just west of the
Tennessee River.
As the gunfire began, Grant,
who was at the other camp, heard
of the firing and quickly boarded a
boat where he was transported to
Pittsburgh Landing. When he
arrived he immediately
established a line to stop the Union
stragglers from running away
from the battles.
Nearby Confederate General
Hardee's men were carrying out a
relentless slaughter of Union
General Prentiss's troops. These
soldiers were driven into a field
where there was a large peach
orchard and the trees were in
magnificent bloom. As
Confederate bullets destroyed the
trees, the exploding blooms
dropped their petals on the dead
and dying Union Soldiers.
In a hallow, adjacent to the
orchard, the bullets flew in such
intense numbers, so ceaselessly
and so lethal that it was named
“The Hornet's Nest.” The Union
soldiers fought here for hours until
almost all of Prentiss's men were
home down.
This battle held these rebels for
enough time for Grant's other
nearby forces to re-organize and
avoid a rout. Finally, Prentiss
could stand it no longer. He
surrendered the few' soldiers left
alive to Hardee.
In the afternoon of the first day
of battle, across the lines in the
Confederate ranks, their
Commanding General Albert
Sidney Johnston was wounded
while trying to rally a hesitant
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artery in his leg. He
ignored it, and as he
continued to direct
his regiments, he
was bleeding to
death.
Thus, in late
afternoon, he fell
from his horse, a
victim of loss of
blood.’ By the time
the regimental
surgeons were able
to minister to him he
was already dead.
The command of the Confederate
forces in the region was inherited
by General P.GT. Beauregard.
Near sunset, that first day,
General Buell arrived by gunboat
and General Grant went on board
to serve as a guide for Buell and
his armies to the location of the
battle lines. Grant and Buell
walked from the boat's ramp
toward an area where a large
number of young, urjtrained and
horrified Union soldiers were
bunched up against the river bank
out of reach of the enemy's bullets.
Buell saw them kid ran over to
them and strongly rebuked them.
He then tried to shame them into
re-joining their regiments. He
even threatened to have the
gunboats open fire on them from
the river channel only yards away.
It was to no avail.
These young men, who would
show the greatest of gallantry in
future battle, were now just too
panic stricken to be of use in the
all-out battle beyond the protective
river banks. As Grant observed
Buell's futile efforts he found
himself more understanding, even
sympathetic, with these stragglers
whom his armed guards had failed
to prevent from finding a safe
haven from the battle's fray. He
made no effort to address them.
The situation, at the end of the
General Albert Sidney
Johnston
officers and men on both sides of
the fray.
Men blankly stared across the
muddy and deadly battle ground
and saw no great a number of dead
and dying men in the fields, that a
person could have crossed them
using corpses for stepping stones.
All over the fields men in their
dying moments cried, pleaded,
moaned, called out to their
parents, said farewells to loved
ones and prayed their last prayers.
That night Grant attempted to
sleep at the foot of a tree, but the
rain soon drove him into a nearby
log cabin being used as a hospital.
But the sound of the surgeon's
saw, and the agonized cries of the
wounded became more un-
endurable than the rain and the
enemy fire outside so he returned
to the tree.
As he awoke the next morning
he felt that his best route to defeat
the Confederates before him, was
to assume the absolute role of the
attacking party and so he ordered
his men to re-take all the land they
had lost the day before.
Grant's army struck early and
was ultimately successful in re-
claiming the land. At about three
in the afternoon, Grant gathered
troops and placed them in line of
battle in a clearing in front of the
rebel lines. Grant directed them to
advance on the enemy front. They
charged, running toward their
first day of battle at Shiloh, was . adversary with renewed energy.
grim for the Union. General
Prentiss's men were wither dead or
captured. Union troops were
vulnerable everywhere. Grant
pondered why the Confederates
did not continue the battle at the
end of the day and crush the Union
armies.
Gallantry had defined the
actions of men in conflicts, on
both sides that day. On the South's
side, at noon of the day now
ending, some of Confederate
General Braxton Bragg's men had
run out of ammunition and had
charges toward the landing with
bayonets only. On the Union side,
General Prentiss's men had fought
w ith rare and impressive courage
as their friends fell bu the
hundreds.
As the sun began to set that
evening, war's reality descended
upon the men of both armies.
From either side of the battle lines
a panorama of death greeted the
scarlet, sleep deprived eyes of
The rebel line broke and the men
ran for Corinth.
It has been said that Shiloh was
the bloodiest and greatest battle
ever fought on the American
continent. Grant was soundly
criticized for Shiloh because he
had not discovered the surprise
attack initiating this battle,
although he had been responsible
for winning the battle. General
Halleck was quick to take
advantage of this criticism and
resumed his feud with Grant.
Though Grant remained, on
paper, Halleck's second in
command, he was never allowed
to see subordinate officer's reports
and when they came into
headquarters Halleck took them
aside so Grant could not be a part
of the meetings. And all
conversations were in hushed
tones.
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