We're in a prolonged guerilla conflict in Canada. We are winning but the end is not in sight yet.

In Ontario every year the Ministry of Forestry distributes several million doses of rabies vaccine for wildlife. The goal is to immunize the majority of skunks, foxes, raccoons and the like, particularly in populated areas.

They air drop edible pellets with the live rabies vaccine; they are labeled "do not touch do not eat" because it can vaccinate most susceptible mammals, including humans.

• never_inline

  today at 5:46 PM

  Maybe I am stupid to have to ask this, but what's the problem if a human gets vaccinated by accident?

Strange article. So much focus on dogs with only one mention of bats who are the primary carrier and spreader of rabies.

• Hikikomori

  today at 4:44 PM

  The first recorded rabies from a bat was in 2002 so not that surprising that it wasn't a focus on victorian England.

  • datakan

    today at 4:59 PM

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• nephihaha

  today at 5:21 PM

  Dogs were seen as the main vector right into the 1980s. Rightly so. A dog is more likely to attack you than a bat.

  • datakan

    today at 5:43 PM

    But dogs typically get it from the bat. I don't understand the logic