Days after a rabid raccoon bit a Bowdoinham woman in her home, animal control received a call around noon on Saturday reporting another raccoon attack.
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Rabid raccoon attacks Bowdoinham woman in her home
Although the number of rabies cases in Maine has decreased 50% over the past three years, a woman was attacked in her Bowdoinham home by a raccoon, and animal control believes there are two other infected raccoons still roaming the local woods.
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USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in Maine, 12 other states
The 348,000 Raboral V-RG baits in Maine and 535,000 in the 3 other states are being dropped from planes in rural areas and from vehicles in urban and suburban areas.
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Bath’s rabies committee wants nearby communities to weigh in on possible solutions
The committee is weighing implementing an oral rabies vaccine program, but questions remain as to how effective it would be.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Augusta reports skunk with rabies found in Northern Avenue area
City officials are urging that residents use extra caution and not leave their pets unattended.
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State watching rabies attacks, new strain potential issue
A recent spree of attacks in Topsham points to a potential cluster of rabies, but not more rabies in the state, experts say.
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Fox terrorizes Topsham neighborhood
Police say a fox tried to attack at least three people and two dogs Saturday in the Topsham Heights neighborhood before it was shot by a resident on Middle Street.
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Topsham resident attacked by rabid fox Sunday
Fourth fox attack in Topsham in two weeks
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Fox attacks woman in Brunswick mobile home park
Brunswick police say a fox lunged at a woman on Valerie Avenue in the Bay Bridge Estate mobile home park Friday night.
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Suspected rabid fox shot after biting at children, fighting with dog in Phippsburg
According to Norman Turner, Phippsburg animal control officer, the fox had porcupine quills in its mouth, a common sign the animal was rabid.