insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 11 - January 2016 | Page 11

NEWS

BURGESS HILL VET HELPS TACKLE RABIES IN INDIA
Veterinary Surgeon, Jo Iddon, from Heath
Veterinary Clinic in Burgess Hill, recently
took a trip to India to aid the work of charity,
Mission Rabies. She raised the money for her
charity visit by holding a pub quiz fundraiser
in September, and her work while in India
involved vaccinating stray dogs against the
disease and marking them with a red spot, so
that people are aware that the dog has been
immunised.
India is the world’s hotspot for rabies, with
an estimated death toll of 30,000 per year.
Mission Rabies, however, has various projects
to combat the issue, including teaching
vets the skills to run neutering and vaccine
campaigns and distributing educational
materials to schools, so that children can learn
how to avoid and prevent being bitten. The

project Jo was involved in is the monthly mass
vaccination drive, which has been successful in
vaccinating over 60,000 dogs so far. 
Sarah Solomon, owner of Heath Veterinary
Clinic, says: “We are so proud of Jo for going
to India to use her expertise for such a great
cause. She raised over £750, which is fabulous
and found her visit to India a real eye opener.”
Jo adds: “I was really looking forward to visiting
India to help this great charity by offering them
my skills as a veterinary surgeon. I’m very
appreciative of all the support I’ve received
from my work, friends, family and people in the
local community. The trip was very interesting
and I’m glad I’ve gone a little way towards
helping the rabies problem in India.”

BRIGHTON NAMES ICONIC OBSERVATION TOWER
‘BRITISH AIRWAYS i360’
Two of the region’s biggest tourism names joined forces at the end of
last year as the world’s tallest moving observation tower was named the
British Airways i360.

employ more than 2,500 staff in Sussex, so putting our name to the i360
and helping to promote even more tourism in the area made perfect
sense."

The iconic new Brighton beach attraction, conceived and designed by
Marks Barfield Architects, the creators of the London Eye, signed a
landmark five-year deal with the nation’s favourite airline in a move that
has been heralded as a ‘great deal for the South East’ and on that ‘flies
the flag for British tourism’.

Eleanor Harris, chief executive of British Airways i360, said: “We are
delighted to have such a prestigious Br