Fishy-smelling bait containing the rabies vaccine will be strewn around outdoor recreation areas in Nassau County — as officials try to stamp out a surge in cases among raccoons on Long Island. The ...
Raccoon Rabies Control Program uses baited vaccine blocks to prevent rabies spread among raccoons, feral cats and other ...
The Allegheny County Health Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services will launch the annual Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Program on Friday in Allegheny County. Over the next ...
This article originally appeared on Undark. This August, government airplanes and helicopters have been dropping tiny parcels from the sky for raccoons to find. Each one is about the size of a ketchup ...
Rabies is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. It’s fatal in 99% of cases. Because of that, rabies prevention has been one of the most important—and successful—public health initiatives in the ...
ALEX, JULIE LAYERS. THANKS, BILL. LOCAL AND FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO VACCINATE ANIMALS WITH BAIT THE SIZE OF KETCHUP PACKETS. WELL, THOSE WILL BE THROWN OUT IN THIS 62 SQUARE MILE AREA ...
John Reed and his two passengers finished loading his Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopter and took off from Manassas Regional Airport on a low-altitude bombing run. Their mission: to wage a type of ...