The state Department of Health Wadsworth laboratory has reported to the Jefferson County Public Health Service that a raccoon has tested positive for rabies. The raccoon was located in the town of ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow Kansans who obtain raccoon ownership permits to keep the animals ...

and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services has since determined that it had contracted the dangerous disease, Newsday reported. The raccoon marked the first case of rabies outside of ...

Raccoons are very adaptable so they thrive ... Here is what you need to know about rabies and canine distemper. Rabies is a viral disease spread to humans through bites or scratches from an ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A hearing will take place Monday afternoon to discuss a bill to allow raccoon ownership in Kansas. Introduced ...

New York State has a wide variety of wildlife and the skunk population seems to be thriving. If you walk the dog, take a ...

They said that keeping raccoons and squirrels as pets come with risks like physical harm from unpredictable behavior and the spread of dangerous diseases like rabies. Even though the bill calls ...

complete educational training and vaccinate their raccoons for rabies and other diseases. They’d have to provide raccoons with their own room or enclosure, a measure Kaspar said is designed to ...