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Subject: Re: [OT] What madness is this?
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:40:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On Nov 1, 2024 at 5:42:10 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:

> 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?

According to leftist Twitter, saying "Justice for Peanut" is code for "I'm a
Nazi who voted for Trump."

They're losing it. I mean, Trump actually broke these people.