Newtown’s annual rabies clinic inoculated about 120 dogs and cats last Sunday, the smallest number since the service began 15 years ago.

“It was the lowest amount we’ve ever had,” Town Clerk Cynthia Simon said. “I don’t know why. I don’t know if people are becoming complacent, or what is causing the numbers to drop.”

The most dogs and cats inoculated at the clinic were 669 in 1991. Last year there were 125. Most of the animals receive three-year vaccinations.

In the photos, top, residents including Robin Baranowski with her sheltie Heather, and Sue Hickey, Andrew, 4, and Tucker, their yellow lab, wait in line in the parking lot at Edmond Town Hall; Dr Brian Silverlieb and his technician, Nicole Reilly, inoculate Bob Nori’s cocker spaniel, Corky; below, Jessica Shpunt holds her kitten “No More” as it is admired by Jean Salvatore, Cynthia Simon, Sue Shpunt, and Blythe Dotson, members of the town clerk’s office, which sponsored the clinic; Charlie Kemp came with his three Jack Russell terriers, Gulliver, Francis, and Nikki.