As trade of sacrificial picks up ahead of Eidul Azha, the public at large must be made aware of the lurking danger of tick-borne diseases which, according to vets, are active in the months of rains. The media reports that a boy died in Karachi from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) vouches for the fact that danger is upon us. The air filled with moisture and humidity offers a perfect atmosphere to the ticks, sticking to cattle, to grow and thrive, which often end up in the outbreak of deadly CCHF. So far, no such awareness campaign by any municipality or government department can be seen to warn the cattle owners to limit their exposure to cattle. In some major cities, desks have been set up to spray tick repellent spray to every cattle head before they are brought to the cattle market. The deadly virus killed 16 people in Karachi alone last year, of the 40 people in all, who got infected. The news of the death of the six at the hand of the CCHF in the earlier months of the year should have been a wake-up call to the health authorities. The virus must be taken seriously because once human-to-human transmission of the virus gets under way, it spreads like a bush fire. Patients suffering from the CCHF need to be quarantined. The CCHF is a recent phenomenon. Firs time, it was reported in Crimeain1944 and was named as Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever. In 1956, it surfaced in Congo and this way, it was renamed as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. The most vulnerable to ticks attacks are shepherds, cattle farm workers, slaughterhouse officials and vets. The doctors and paramedics treating the CCHF positive patients are also at the great risk of catching the disease in case caution is not practice. The animals particularly susceptible to the CCHF are both domestic and wild animals whereas birds are resistant to infection. The CCHF is transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals or ticks and then from human to human through blood or body fluids. According to the Aga Khan University Hospital, its symptoms high grade fever, stomach pain, diarrohea, muscle aches, headache, sleeplessness, abdominal pain, jaundice, nose bleed and at the end uncontrolled bleeding. The government needs to develop diagnosis facilities for tick-borne diseases. Before that, attention ought to be paid to controlling ticks through spraying animals with tick repellent. Plants like Akk and Moringa should be planted around cattle farms for these plants are tick killers. Many rodents and birds prey on ticks also. *