Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Department of Environmental Management and state Department of Health are cautioning NK residents following a raccoon bite incident Monday night.
A North Kingstown resident is being treated for rabies exposure and two dogs have been quarantined following in incident with a possibly rabid raccoon Monday night. According to the State Department of Health and Department of Environmental Management, the attack was unprovoked and happened around 6:30 p.m. Monday on Heritage Road in North Kingstown. The vaccination status of the dogs is currently being evaluated. The animal eluded authorities' attempts to capture it and remains at large. DEM and the health department are warning that the raccoon is presumed to be infected with rabies as the animal's behavior is not typical for raccoons. Heritage Road is in the neighborhood east of Post Road across from the shopping plaza with TJ Maxx and…
Thursday, November 15, 2012
DEM is cautioning dog owners about the re-emergence of a dog disease that is now considered rare in Rhode Island.
The following is from a press release. The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is cautioning dog owners about the re-emergence of a dog disease that is now considered rare in Rhode Island. Canine distemper was recently diagnosed in a raccoon on Prudence Island. The raccoon was submitted for testing after island residents notified DEM about numerous raccoon deaths and a large number of raccoons that displayed abnormal behavior. DEM and the Department of Health worked with local authorities to first rule out rabies as a possible cause. When rabies was not confirmed, DEM authorized testing for canine distemper virus, which was confirmed. Canine distemper does not affect humans. It is a virus that usually affects dogs, but can …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Homeowner calls police after seeing the animal acting strangely in her backyard.
Test results on a raccoon killed in the backyard of a house on Barrows Drive Monday afternoon came back positive for rabies Tuesday, according to Animal Control Officer Renee Young. A resident of Barrows Drive, which runs between Howland Road and Blueberry Drive, called police late afternoon on Monday after seeing a raccoon in her backyard acting peculiarly. At the house, the police officer saw the raccoon acting aggressively so he shot it and it was taken to the state lab for testing. Young did not know the last time a rabid animal had been found in East Greenwich. However, she said, “if we have one positive, there’s a good possibility there’s more.” The homeowner, who was not identified, does not have pets, Young said. If she had, those…
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9:58 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
Ireland hasn't any cases of rabies. They are extremely careful letting any animals into the country. If one brings their pet there they go into a quarantine facility for 6mos.. Hm going through England is a short cut, but still a 2mo. quarantine In Fla. they use to distribute a biscuit with a rabies vaccine in it so the feral cats,skunks,racoons etc would be immunized. That's the safest way to … more ›