Montreal parks to receive rabies vaccine baits for raccoons and skunks
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- Workers will distribute rabies vaccine baits in Montreal parks and parts of southern Quebec in the coming weeks.
- Quebec has recorded 171 raccoon rabies cases this year, including two in cats, along with seven bat rabies cases.
- Officials urged people not to handle the baits, or to use gloves or a shovel and wash their hands if contact is unavoidable.
Teams of workers will soon spread small, sweet-smelling packets of rabies vaccine through Montreal’s parks, targeting raccoons and skunks in an effort to prevent an outbreak of the deadly disease.
The Quebec environment department said it is leading a broader campaign to distribute about 815,000 baits across the Estrie, Montérégie and Centre-du-Québec regions, south and east of Montreal, as well as in nine parks around the city.
Workers will place the baits by hand. Each packet looks like a small piece of green ravioli. The campaign follows 171 recorded cases of raccoon rabies in Quebec since the start of the year, including two cases in cats. Authorities have also recorded seven cases of bat rabies, one detected in Montreal in late July.
People are being asked to leave the baits alone. Anyone who must move one should wear gloves or use a shovel, then wash their hands after touching it.
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