The anti-vax movement has gained ground in the US in recent years, largely fuelled by the increasing power of vaccine critics like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. View 4 Images Dogs are at risk of deadly diseases, vets fear (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A growing number of Americans are shunning vaccines for their pets — over fears the jab would give them autism. Vets in the US fear cats and dogs are at risk of fatal diseases like rabies due to the rise in vaccine scepticism. ‌

One told of heartbreaking scenes including a 20-week-old puppy whose kidneys shutdown after it contracted leptospirosis because it had not been vaccinated against the rodent-spread bacterial disease. ‌

And on another occasion, she was screamed at by a cat owner who stormed out of h

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