Brian Berube
96:56 - 97:48
"60% of diseases people get have origins in animals. Dogs themselves are known to transmit over 70 different illnesses between animals and people. So I think there's this obviously the physical health component of it, but I think when you talk about Alaska Native people in particular, dogs are very, very important members of their family, parts of society, part of their culture and everything."
“60% of diseases people get have origins in animals. Dogs themselves are known to transmit over 70 different illnesses between animals and people. So I think there's this obviously the physical health component of it, but I think when you talk about Alaska Native people in particular, dogs are very, very important members of their family, parts of society, part of their culture and everything.”
- Speaker
- Brian Berube
- Timestamp
- 96:56 – 97:48
- Source
- House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
In the bill, they bring up the term One Health, which is kind of a really popular paradigm in public health right now that just acknowledges the relationship between animals, people, and their environment. And while, like, in Western society, this sounds like a new idea, I mean, this is how indigenous people have always understood their world to work, right? So, I mean, from a public health perspective, we, we talked about the rabies, we talked about the dog bites, um, you know, 60% of diseases people get have origins in animals. Dogs themselves are known to transmit over 70 different illnesses between animals and people. So I think there's this obviously the physical health component of it, but I think when you talk about Alaska Native people in particular, dogs are very, very important members of their family, parts of society, part of their culture and everything.
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