For you folks in the Appalacian Mountains in Ohio and West Virginia. Canadian Planes are going to start dropping biscuits with the rabies vaccines for the racoons to eat.

http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,247405-412,00.shtml

If that link dosen't work, just go to cbsnews.com and go to national news.

Thought this was interesting. Please don't eat the biscuits!

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), November 08, 2000

Answers

They did this last year in N.Y. I did not know about it until my dog ate one .They smell bad , like rotten fish ! Don't worry if your animals get one it 's ok .

-- Patty (fodfarms@slic.com), November 08, 2000.

Hi Cindy,

A rabies emergency was declared here in Trumbull County in eastern Ohio two years ago. "Biscuit Bombers" chartered by the state and county targeted rural woodlands and forests. At any public event or state park where pets were allowed, you had to show proof of rabies vaccination for your pet or they weren't allowed in.

It seems to have had the desired effect. The reports of rabid raccons and also skunks, has dropped off considerably. While not "out of the woods" yet, the program produced positive results. That, and the cooperation of hunters, farmers and the general public who remained alert and reported sick animals.

(:raig

-- Craig Miller (CMiller@ssd.com), November 08, 2000.

They've been doing that in South Texas for several years and I think it's been pretty successful, from what I've read. We've had a major outbreak of rabies, mostly found in dead skunks, up here in North Texas the past several months. I haven't heard of any "biscuit program" for us up here but they need to do something.

-- Shooter (jcole@apha.com), November 08, 2000.