Some vaccines will be helicopter-dropped.
New York City just launched a unexampled mountain inoculation program , and this time , it has nothing to do with homo . The city is launch a program to immunise its raccoon against rabies , and it even affect eggbeater pearl .
On Monday , September 12 , The Health Department , NYC Parks , and federal and academic partners officially launched the effort , which consist of dispel oral vaccine ( hidden in brown - colour come-on ) in wooded areas of Manhattan , Queens , and Brooklyn . Staten Island ’s raccoon , alternatively , will receive their vaccine dose via chopper , which will devolve the vaccine ride next calendar month on the borough ’s wooded and marshy regions . The program will last into October , and it is aimed at immunize the largest phone number of raccoons possible .
attract the animals is clean simple . Reportedly , the bait smells like fish , and when the raccoons sting into it , it releases a pink liquid that acts like an unwritten vaccine . The vaccine itself is not harmful to humans , but if a soul amount in contact with it , it can get a roseola . If that happens , residents are encouraged to wash their hands with strong and soapy body of water and talk to their MD , and they should also notify the NYC Poison Control Center at 1 - 800 - 222 - 1222 . Baits are n’t harmful to other animals and pets either , but they could cause vomiting if absorb .
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The new rabies vaccination program is part of the City ’s endeavor to make a secure and healthier environment where world and animals can peacefully coexist . " madness is a serious disease that can affect human and our pets , " Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said in an official statement . " New Yorkers should make certain their ducky are up to date on rabies vaccinations and hold distance from wildlife . If you see an animal you think to be act strangely , please call 311 . "
Rabies impress the central nervous system , and while it is a fateful viral disease , it is preventable . In NYC , it is found mostly in raccoon , and for this ground it is of the essence that residents and their pet refrain from catch close or refer the animals . As a further precaution , pets can also be vaccinated against the computer virus .
" While issue forth into contact with a rabid racoon is very rare , raccoons are occupant of our metropolis , and New Yorkers should be rede , " Sarah Aucoin , Chief of Education & Wildlife for NYC Parks , say in an official argument . " If you see a raccoon , give them distance , and never approach or strain to feast them . "
For more information on rabies and what to do in example of an emergency , you may visitNYC ’s selective information pageon the subject .
