If you live in western Suffolk County, heads up (and down): The county's Rabies Baiting Program is being held implemented today through Friday.
About 19,000 one-inch-square fishmeal baits containing oral rabies vaccine will be distributed by county vehicles north of the Long Island Expressway, west of Elwood Road and east of the Nassau County line. Another 64,000 will be dropped by helicopter in primarily wooded areas.
Contact with the vaccine is not harmful to humans or domestic animals, though it can cause vomiting in dogs and cars if ingested in large quantities. Do not make bare-hand contact with the bait, and wash your hands immediately if you inadvertently do so.
In case of accidental human ingestion, contact the poison control center at (516) 542-2323.
According to the county, 15 cases of rabid raccoons have been confirmed, all on the Nassau-Suffolk border in the northwestern portion of Huntington.
A larger, county-wide rabies campaign is slated for September.
Comments (3)
this program is bizzare. yesterday, my wife was in her vegetable garden when 2 helicoptors descended and pelted her with hundreds of these baits. she fled to nearby woods for protection. now, i fear, our yard is more attractive to precisely the animals we are told to avoid.
this is a dangerous and unwise program on a midsummer day in a crowded suburb
charles rothberg
this program is bizzare. yesterday, my wife was in her vegetable garden when 2 helicoptors descended and pelted her with hundreds of these baits. she fled to nearby woods for protection. now, i fear, our yard is more attractive to precisely the animals we are told to avoid.
this is a dangerous and unwise program on a midsummer day in a crowded suburb
charles rothberg
this program is bizzare. yesterday, my wife was in her vegetable garden when 2 helicoptors descended and pelted her with hundreds of these baits. she fled to nearby woods for protection. now, i fear, our yard is more attractive to precisely the animals we are told to avoid.
this is a dangerous and unwise program on a midsummer day in a crowded suburb
charles rothberg