File talk:Rabies Free Countries.svg

Svalbard Archipelago, part of Norway
This image shows that there are no raibes on Svalbard, the archipelago north of Norway. This is not correct, as evidenced by this webpage of the Governor of Svalbard, http://www.sysselmannen.no/hoved.aspx?m=44365&amid=3181857, and this newspaper article: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2011/09/21/rabies-alarm-on-svalbard/. The Svalbard Archipelago is part of Norway, and mainland Norway is rabies free. This is probably the source of this misconception.

Germany
This image shows that Germany has no rabies, which is incorrect, according to http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18624934.800-rabies-cases-spark-emergency-action.html Jetekus (talk) 01:18, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

It shows Tasmania, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, West Papua and Irian Jaya having rabies, which is also incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.58.240 (talk) 02:59, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * An update is required as of January 2009. --➨♀♂ Candlewicke STundefined 23:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? Article says she didn't contract it in the UK.  I am updating this image to include the above countries, btw. Cheers, Basie (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

SARDINIA AND CORSICA
Sardinia and Corsica are actually Rabies-free zone, and they don't appear on the map —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.95.171.71 (talk) 19:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Update
I'm not a vector graphics expert, but I managed to update the file using Inkscape. I was wondering though, reading the above: do we have a source for West Papua and PNG being rabies-free? They weren't on the list in the article. In fact, this image: http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/Global_Rabies_ITH2009.png from WHO shows West Papua as a high-risk area. That image looks up to date and I would think is a reliable source, given its origin. Basie (talk) 20:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, Belgium and the Netherlands should be in green as they're considered rabbies-free. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.173.221.6 (talk) 21:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

New Guinea
The western half of the Island that PNG is on is not a country. It is part of Indonesia. 58.178.30.40 (talk) 00:43, 20 June 2009 (UTC)