A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about a white weasel with no fear on the Forest Hills Street side of Franklin Park this evening: Read more.
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By adamg - 8/19/23 - 8:40 pm
Possible weasel of Caerbannog, with a vicious streak a mile wide, on a Franklin Park path.
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By adamg - 12/15/22 - 12:51 pm
The cat. Photo by Boston Animal Care and Control.
The Boston Public Health Commission reports that a cat acting oddly at 132 Glenway St. in Dorchester around 3:20 p.m. on Monday has tested positive for rabies. Read more.
By adamg - 10/16/20 - 9:17 pm
Arlington officials say a raccoon they believe bit and scratched a young child on Fountain Road Wednesday afternoon has tested positive for rabies. Read more.
By adamg - 9/30/14 - 5:21 pm
A skunk found dead on Cottage Road on Sunday has tested positive for rabies, the Boston Public Health Commission reports.
Cottage Road is on the opposite side of the Grove from Stimson Street, where another dead rabid skunk was found last month.
By adamg - 12/30/11 - 11:45 am
Channel 4 reports he may have gotten it from one of the bats living in his house; he's in critical condition.
By adamg - 10/26/11 - 9:03 am
The Brookline Health Department is warning residents to stay away from wild animals after a raccoon suspected of having rabies attacked a north Brookline resident's pet in daylight hours - a few weeks after a rabid raccoon was picked up in Jamaica Plain.
Two bats captured in Brookline also recently tested positive for rabies.
By adamg - 9/30/11 - 5:41 pm
Boston Public Health Commission says it was last night on Amory Street. Come in contact with a raccoon near there? Contact your doctor.
By adamg - 10/22/10 - 5:59 pm
The Boston Public Health Commission reports a cat in the Mascot Street area tested positive for the potentially fatal disease.
By adamg - 9/21/10 - 4:28 pm
The Boston Public Health Commmission reports a raccoon found in Jamaica Plain on Sunday has tested positive for rabies and that a person exposed to the animal is now receiving rabies shots.
The commission plans to distribute leaflets in the neighborhood warning residents about the issue and telling them what to do if they think they've come in contact with a rabid animal. Basically: Stay away from wildlife, make sure your pets' vaccinations are up to date, and beware of bats in your house.
Questions? Contact the commission's Infectious Disease Bureau at 617-534-5611.
By adamg - 6/22/09 - 9:08 pm
Karen Wise explains why her entire family is now getting rabies shots, not that she knows for a fact that the bat that was flying around in her house was rabid, since her husband let it fly out, when, as they now know, you're supposed to trap it somehow and let Animal Control test it for rabies.
By adamg - 11/20/08 - 4:42 pm
Boston Police report a domestic house cat captured on Park Street last weekend was euthanized after it was reported to have rabies.
Click on the link for way more info than you probably want to know about what to do if you think you've been bitten by a rabid animal (go figure: there are an average of 100 rabid cats reported in Massachusetts each year - people, get your pet immunized, will ya?).
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