Susan
I am excited to see the new news from the RCF. BUT Even if extended to 5 or 7 years in my state, the law is that the dog/cat must have a 1 year rabies vax,, then >365 days later a 3 year vax, and then thereafter it cannot be one day more than every 3 years. (ridiculously stupid to think that one day the dog is immune & the next it is not) if you are one day late you have to start over with a 1 year, then 365 later a 3 year. If you get only 1 vax at say 6 months of age & then no more and are caught at say 20 months you have to start over with the one year vax then the 3 year 365days later. I also live where there are no exemptions allowed. I have emailed my reps repeatedly & only received one auto generated email that they are "looking into my concerns with an eye to the good of the public as well" ARGH.
Even one vaccine can cause dis-ease, I have seen this with a NR Carolina Dog pup I bred. The owner was too scared to not get any rabies shot, so at about 6 months she took him in for a rabies shot only. He ended up contracting parvo, (confirmed by 2 tests) but was well in about 48 hours. he has since had red flaky skin on his rump area and undercarriage a bit as well. he is raw fed etc and with several homeopathic detoxes that has finally began to clear up some. But that is definitely all because of the Rabies vax law and "Just one vaccine".
I also have had to back off from helping with rescue. I just cannot deal with all the illness that comes from rescue's "in the chute" mentality and must have ALL shots, flea/tick/HW meds and S/N all done before adopting a dog/cat... then the new owner has to deal with the fallout & of course the poor pet suffers the most. 75% or more of the dogs I have seen adopted in the past few years have had some sort of behavioral or medical issues including several that have already needed TPLO or similar surgeries at just 1-2 years old! All a direct result of vaccines or early spay/neuter.
I look forward to your upcoming thoughts on what the law should be. hopefully the rescues & counties & cities will wise up to what they are doing to these pets and rethink their policies as the state laws are changed.