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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: [OT] What madness is this?
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 21:42:10 -0400
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I am not a veterinarian and I have no medical training at all so someone 
needs to explain something to me: how does it make ANY sense to kill an 
animal to determine if it has rabies?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/orphaned-squirrel-who-became-social-media-star-was-euthanized-after-being-seized-from-new-york-home-1.7096204

An orphaned squirrel and a raccoon - the squirrel was apparently 
featured on a popular YouTube channel - were seized by authorities and 
then euthanized on suspicion it MIGHT have rabies so that it could be 
tested for the disease. Is there no way to test for rabies in a squirrel 
or a raccoon that doesn't involve killing it first?

Can't they do a blood test or examine the saliva or something of that 
kind to see if an animal is rabid?

-- 
Rhino