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
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
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
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
