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vNOTE AT THE END OF THE GIF- Her real cat screaming, "NO-NO-NO"
TexasBushwhacker
(20,262 posts)Raccoons can carry rabies.
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)sheshe2
(84,162 posts)shoot! Very scary
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)Atticus had to put down a dog. Scene from To Kill a Mockingbird.
George II
(67,782 posts)But it was on target.
Gothmog
(146,202 posts)I found this interesting table on the CDC site https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/location/usa/surveillance/wild_animals.html
In Texas we worry about bats and skunks as rabies vectors.
According to the department of health person teaching a course to my scouts, raccoons were not subject to the rabies virus until some idiots took some infected dogs to Maine with a strain that could affect raccoons. As of the date of the CDC chart, it appears that the rabies version for raccoons still has not crossed the Mississippi
TexasBushwhacker
(20,262 posts)I knew about skunks and bats.
Gothmog
(146,202 posts)According to the CDC, the raccoon rabies variant has not crossed the Mississippi
TexasBushwhacker
(20,262 posts)I remember when they said Lyme disease was only in one fairly small area.
denbot
(9,901 posts)I know the local raccoons have snuck in and scarfed the food our cats refused to eat
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Where a woman is calling her cat in for the night and lets a raccoon in.
I can't remember what it was for.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,386 posts)Fla Dem
(23,949 posts)3catwoman3
(24,172 posts)It made me giggle every time I saw it. Fun to see it again. Thnx.
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,489 posts)Find my glasses before playing with the cat.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)I guess he got it when it was small. They grow up to be aggressive though, so it outlived its welcome.
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