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Traps yield raccoon, possum and cat after raccoon attack
A raccoon, a possum and a feral cat were trapped overnight in separate cages in the Lakeland neighborhood where a 74-year-old woman was attacked by a pack of raccoons. ...more
October 6, 2009
Raccoon victim recovers slowly
Two days after attacking a 74-year-old Lakeland woman, a pack of raccoons remained on the loose Monday. ...more
October 6, 2009
Investigators searching for raccoons that attacked woman
Two days after attacking a 74-year-old Lakeland woman, a pack of potentially rabid raccoons remains on the loose. ...more
October 5, 2009
Raccoons attack woman as she tries to wave them away
A 74-year-old woman is recovering from injuries she received after being attacked by five raccoons at her front door Saturday evening, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more
October 4, 2009
Rabies confirmed in Citrus Park fox bite
A fox that bit a woman Thursday morning in the Citrus Park area has tested positive for rabies, said Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan. ...more
April 21, 2009
Fox who bit woman in Citrus Park is positive for rabies
Animal Services officials may have rabies test results today on a fox that bit a woman Thursday morning in the Citrus Park area. The woman was bit about 8 a.m., and Hillsborough County Animal Services workers captured the fox a few hours later, agency spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. ...more
April 20, 2009
A FOXY FOIL
Dear Mr. HandyPerson, I read your column regularly and find many sensible solutions to problems. However, in your column on discouraging raccoons, you left out fox urine as a deterrent. ...more
March 22, 2009
Bait Pellets Used To Control Rabies In Raccoons
Pasco County staff have finished placing 61,200 baits pellets used to vaccinate raccoons against rabies. ...more
February 11, 2009
Rabies Vaccination Pellets Placed For Raccoons
Pasco County staff last week finished placing some 61,200 baits for raccoons to eat to vaccinate them against rabies to reduce the threat of the disease spreading to people and their pets. The county has participated in the annual program for about the past seven years, according to Denise Hilton, Pasco's animal services manager. ...more
February 11, 2009
Rabies Eradication Bringing Stinky Fish Cakes To Pinellas
For the rest of the week, Pinellas will be peppered with more than 70,000 small fishy cakes containing rabies vaccine in an attempt to eradicate the disease in the county. ...more
February 4, 2009
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