Human cases of rabies are extremely rare in Canada, but some people do still come into contact with rabid animals. Not only is it relatively simple to avoid exposure to the disease, experts say, but ...

The death, which was reported on Friday, is only the fifth fatal human rabies case in Minnesota since 1975, health officials said. By Hank Sanders A patient who was exposed to a bat in western ...

Associated Press file Skunks captured in Land Park have tested positive for rabies days after a Sacramento Zoo visitor was bitten earlier this week, Sacramento County officials said Friday.

A child in Canada has died from rabies after being exposed to a bat in their room, health officials said this week. Dr. Malcolm Lock, the chief medical officer from Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit ...

Known to northern New Englanders as woodchucks, groundhogs should really be the University mascot, given the number of ...

Rabies is a deadly virus that attacks the central ... While it’s thrilling for your pet to sniff every bush and chase after squirrels, make sure they’re not interacting with any wild animals.

“My brother’s the hunter,” she says. When asked what they’re cooking, Rex laughs and states the obvious: “Squirrel!” “Ravioli,” Addie specifies. In just a few hours, Rex and ...

As New Yorkers have watched the city transform, so have their animal companions. “Pets on the Street” features images of pets ...

The 2023 illness and death in Nebraska of a stray kitten infected with rabies set off a large-scale effort to discover how the feline became infected in the first place. That's because the strain ...

What happens if your best friend is a squirrel, a deer or a lizard ... It is also illegal to own animals that pose risk of rabies infection. This includes bats, skunks, foxes, raccoons and ...

Skunks, foxes and raccoons are also rabies reservoir species. Smaller mammals, like squirrels and chipmunks, are less likely to spread rabies simply because they're less likely to survive an ...