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Thursday, March 05, 2020

RACCOON TESTS POSITIVE FOR RABIES IN WICOMICO COUNTY


(March 5, 2020, Salisbury, MD)
 On March 5, 2020, a raccoon from the area of Young Avenue and East Church Street in Salisbury tested positive for rabies. The Wicomico County Health Department is advising all residents to be aware of their surroundings and avoid contact with all wild or stray animals.

Rabies is a preventable viral disease that exists in the saliva of mammals and is transmitted from animal to animal or from animal to human by biting and/or scratching. The virus can also be spread by licking, when infected saliva makes contact with open cuts or wounds, and with the mouth, eyes, and nose. If left untreated in humans and animals, rabies is fatal.

Please keep the following tips in mind to protect your family and your pets:

          Keep pets confined

          Avoid all contact with wild or stray animals

          Teach children to leave unfamiliar animals alone

           Vaccinate pets - Maryland law requires that all dogs, cats, and ferrets, 4 months of age and older have a current rabies vaccination.

          Avoid feeding or watering pets outside 

          Secure outside garbage lids

To report human or animal contact, such as bites or scratches, call the Wicomico County Health Department:  (410) 546-4446. For additional information, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Must be a DEMOCRAT.

Did not vote for you BIATCH said...

OMG


Jake Day musta bit the poor animal

Anonymous said...

I had one under my porch in Fruitland that would come out in the day light. Paid to have him removed. Scary.

Anonymous said...

Send this Racoon to AOC she will think it is a cat.

Anonymous said...

This is a crisis. If a person gets infected it may cause severe pandemic. Who drove by the raccoon? Were the vents open in car? What is the President doing about it? How many squirrels have the infection?

Anonymous said...

5:34
They do come out in the daytime. Unless he showed other signs he was probably just fine. Now he's dead thanks to you.

Anonymous said...

Nocturnal animal prowling during the day was most likely Rabid. Keep your pets and kids away from it!

Anonymous said...

1:45 Not true. They do come out during the daytime. Sometimes they are feeding young and have to look for food during the day and night to feed them. They also will sometimes move the babies if they feel threatened where they are. No sense having an animal killed because you "think" they have rabies. It is illegal in this state to trap and release a raccoon into another area. If they are trapped they are killed.

Did you know? said...

145

animals also come out in the day to gather food....for impending storms