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- From: dan@msen.com (Dan and Karen Sugalski)
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- Subject: Racoons & dogs :-(
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:56:13 GMT
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- [ Article crossposted from rec.pets.dogs ]
- [ Author was Ruth Ginzberg ]
- [ Posted on 20 Jan 93 15:39:46 EDT ]
-
- This morning's paper carried a real downer of a story about a raccoon & a dog:
- (in Cromwell, CT)
-
- In the town just up the river from where I live, a Siberian Husky had an
- encounter with a raccoon. The dog had asked 'Out' and had been let out to 'Go'
- at 8pm. He noticed the raccoon in the corner of his own yard, & went to check
- out the situation. Dog tried to chase raccoon off property. <Now, how many of
- us have dogs who would do EXACTLY the same thing under the same circumstances,
- huh?> Fight ensued. Raccoon bit dog. Neighbor shot raccoon. Sent raccoon to
- state lab & it tested out positive for rabies. So now the Husky had to have a
- booster rabies shot (even though his shots WERE up-to-date) and he has to be
- quarantined for 90 days in order to watch him for any signs that he might be
- developing rabies. Of course if he develops any signs of rabies he will have
- to be killed.
-
- The animal control officer said that this was the 6th raccoon found to be
- infected with rabies in Cromwell since June, and of those, it is the second to
- have had contact with a dog. The (CT) state health department said Tuesday
- that 787 cases of rabies were detected in animals, primarily raccoons in 1992
- in the state of Connecticut. (50 mi wide x 100 mi long; about the size of the
- L.A. basin)
-
- Whatta drag! (Reason # 2 million for not just "letting the dog out" to
- heed nature's call, without having him in an enclosed space or on a leash.)
-
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- Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
-