Questions tagged [rabies]
Questions about rabid animals
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Is it ok to take the safety catch off my bear spray and point it at unleashed guard dogs immediately outside the owners house?
Yesterday I was walking through a small Hamlet in southeast Slovenia and was confronted by two angry unleashed guard dogs, one large in size and one medium. So I held my trekking poles by the lower ...
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Has a person ever got rabies from a marine mammal?
I just saw this 2009 article Can a Whale Get Rabies? which includes this statement,
Although there is absolutely no record of a rabid whale, and only one documented case of rabies in a seal—a ...
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Is Germany or any of Europe really rabies free?
Answers at a recent question say that Germany has been rabies free since 2008. My first response was how could that even be possible, must be some significant border protection that keeps wild ...
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Dos and Don'ts in an area signed with the shield "Rabies! Endangered District" in Germany
There are often town signs featuring another smaller sign reading "Wildtollwut! Gefährdeter Bezirk" in Germany. This directly translates into "Rabies! Endangered district".
How to react to such a ...
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How can I tell if a wild animal has rabies?
If I am in the wild and encounter an animal that I think might be rabid, how can I tell if it has rabies? An animal that has been running hard, or any number of other things could cause it to be ...
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How should one properly dispose of a rabid animal carcass?
If while hunting I come across a rabid animal and I kill it, both to end its suffering and to prevent it from spreading rabies, what should I do with the body?
I wouldn't want another animal to eat ...
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How to react to a fox in furious phase (rabies)?
So, I had this question. The answer was that we should kill a fox with rabies to help it.
Rabies has a phase called "furious phase". The infected animal has
symptoms which can directly affect ...
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How to help a fox with rabies?
Rabies has a phase called "furious phase". The infected animal has symptoms which can directly affect humans.
An infected dog may viciously attack any moving object, person, or
animal; a caged ...
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