• solarvector@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    Those poor raccoons. I don’t know what an autistic raccoon looks like, but these scientists should be ashamed of their… hmmm. I actually have no idea what the conspiracy behind animal vaccinations would be. Big science profiting just doesn’t fit right.

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    9 days ago

    They dropped these in my mother in law’s suburban neighborhood. In her back yard. With no warning. My dog found and ate one, so it had me googling what the hell my dog had just eaten and wondering if she was going to die. Luckily we didn’t have any toddlers playing in the back yard.

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    9 days ago

    Much of Europe (ie the rich parts) is free of terrestrial rabies because of such programs. Bats really get around, though.

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      9 days ago

      Yeah the raccoons eat the fishmeal then peel back the protective backing, retrieve the pill and don’t wash it before eating it.

      NO! Everyone knows those things are unopenable without scissors or a hammer or an RPG or something.