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Another rabid beaver

By Scott Weese on September 16, 2012
Posted in Other animals

I don’t know whether it’s because

a) there are more rabid beavers these days,

b) rabid beavers have always been around in these numbers but they have recently acquired a taste for human flesh, or

c) it’s just a fluke,

but another rabid beaver was recently reported in the US.

The latest incident involved a…

Killer rabbits and other strange rabid animals

By Scott Weese on August 7, 2012
Posted in Other animals

Rabies is most commonly reported in dogs, skunks, raccoons, bats and a few other species. However, any mammal is susceptible, and sometimes unusual cases are identified.

1. In a serious take on Monty Python’s "killer rabbit," a rabid bunny has caused a lot of problems in Chom Thong, Thailand.

The pet rabbit, Poko, had been…

Beaver attack, Part 2

By Scott Weese on December 27, 2009
Posted in Other animals

Last week, I wrote about the uncommon situation where a child was attacked by a 60 pound beaver. Any bite from a wild mammal, especially one acting different than normal, needs to be considered a possible rabies exposure, and I was impressed that the family pushed for rabies testing. Unfortunately, it turns out that rabies…

Boy attacked by beaver

By Scott Weese on December 22, 2009
Posted in Rabies

A five-year-old Oklahoma boy is recovering after being attacked by a beaver.  Beaver and attack aren’t two words that you usually put together, but in this case the boy went to pet a 60 lb beaver that he saw outside and it proceeded to attack him, taking a "chunk out of his calf" in…

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