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The city’s launching a wholly different kind of vaccine campaign in Manhattan — this one focused on trash pandas roaming through two public parks.
Members of the city’s Health and Parks Department announced Tuesday it would begin distributing bait containing an oral rabies vaccine at Inwood Hill and Fort Tryon Parks for raccoons that frequent the Upper Manhattan greenspaces.
The effort aims to vaccinate the critters against the potentially deadly rabies virus, thereby protecting humans and their pets who may come into contact with them. In the next few weeks, the city will also spread the vaccine bait in other parks that raccoons are known to frequent.
“Raccoons are a natural part of our city,” said Richard Simon, wildlife unit director for the city’s Parks Department. “Although it’s very rare to come into contact with a rabid raccoon, we want to remind all New Yorkers that if you see a raccoon, you should give them space — never approach or try to feed them.”
The city’s launching a wholly different kind of vaccine campaign in Manhattan — this one focused on trash pandas roaming through two public parks.
Members of the city’s Health and Parks Department announced Tuesday it would begin distributing bait containing an oral rabies vaccine at Inwood Hill and Fort Tryon Parks for raccoons that frequent the Upper Manhattan greenspaces.
The effort aims to vaccinate the critters against the potentially deadly rabies virus, thereby protecting humans and their pets who may come into contact with them. In the next few weeks, the city will also spread the vaccine bait in other parks that raccoons are known to frequent.
“Raccoons are a natural part of our city,” said Richard Simon, wildlife unit director for the city’s Parks Department. “Although it’s very rare to come into contact with a rabid raccoon, we want to remind all New Yorkers that if you see a raccoon, you should give them space — never approach or try to feed them.”
More animals are coming out because of the pandemic, even the transplants are smart enough to not feed raccoons, they know more about raccoons than we do, coming from suburban/rural areas they're in more contact with them.
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I feed an outdoor spayed cat and the other morning a few minutes after I gave her food, a huge raccoon was eating from the bowl. I don’t leave food out because it attracts them and opossums but this one must have been nearby when I fed the cat.
I feed an outdoor spayed cat and the other morning a few minutes after I gave her food, a huge raccoon was eating from the bowl. I don’t leave food out because it attracts them and opossums but this one must have been nearby when I fed the cat.
morning raccoon or opossums are not a good sign, be very careful.
Those are nocturnal animals, when they are out in the daylight that is a sign of mental disease, usually rabies
I don't know why on earth people think it's okay to feed wild animals. Ngl wouldn't be mad to see warnings/tickets handed out for it. Especially feeding the pigeons like are u f ing kidding me?!
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