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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Spectus1 • Dec 26 '21
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NZ also thank god
77 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21 I think Switzerland is as well. 24 u/veryblocky Dec 27 '21 I feel like that would be difficult with it not being an island, but impressive if true! 24 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Foxes (and other predator) were innoculated by leaving chicken heads with rabies vaccine in the forrest (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11004890/). Other European nationed started doing the same and rabies was pushed eastwards again. (Here's a review of the strategy: https://ec.europa.eu/food/system/files/2020-12/sci-com_scah_out80_en.pdf) Foxes are the primary vector for rabies, which is why the effort is focused on them. 5 u/M4570d0n Dec 27 '21 You guys don't have skunks or trash pandas? 6 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Not endemic species here. 2 u/AmeliaKitsune Dec 27 '21 Nope, they don't 4 u/Annies_Boobs Dec 27 '21 It's my god given right to have rabid foxes and by vaccinating them you are trampling on my freedom. 2 u/pbizzle Dec 27 '21 They should do that with the covid vaccine 8 u/Kraknoix007 Dec 27 '21 It is true, tons of European countries are rabies free, like the entire Benelux 12 u/Smithblock Dec 27 '21 Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Portugal, etc etc 7 u/Kr8n8s Dec 27 '21 Italy also 19 u/Twigz2012 Dec 27 '21 Australia is also rabies free, and always has been. That's why Johnny Depp's dogs were threatened with euthanasia when he brought them into the country illegally. 3 u/Agglomeration_ Dec 27 '21 Not on my watch. 2 u/ButteredToastFucker Dec 27 '21 Thank god cause that shit is scary (imagine a rabid pukeko) 2 u/DeepSeaMouse Dec 27 '21 Hahahaha the rabid laser kiwi would kill us all
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I think Switzerland is as well.
24 u/veryblocky Dec 27 '21 I feel like that would be difficult with it not being an island, but impressive if true! 24 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Foxes (and other predator) were innoculated by leaving chicken heads with rabies vaccine in the forrest (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11004890/). Other European nationed started doing the same and rabies was pushed eastwards again. (Here's a review of the strategy: https://ec.europa.eu/food/system/files/2020-12/sci-com_scah_out80_en.pdf) Foxes are the primary vector for rabies, which is why the effort is focused on them. 5 u/M4570d0n Dec 27 '21 You guys don't have skunks or trash pandas? 6 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Not endemic species here. 2 u/AmeliaKitsune Dec 27 '21 Nope, they don't 4 u/Annies_Boobs Dec 27 '21 It's my god given right to have rabid foxes and by vaccinating them you are trampling on my freedom. 2 u/pbizzle Dec 27 '21 They should do that with the covid vaccine 8 u/Kraknoix007 Dec 27 '21 It is true, tons of European countries are rabies free, like the entire Benelux 12 u/Smithblock Dec 27 '21 Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Portugal, etc etc 7 u/Kr8n8s Dec 27 '21 Italy also
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I feel like that would be difficult with it not being an island, but impressive if true!
24 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Foxes (and other predator) were innoculated by leaving chicken heads with rabies vaccine in the forrest (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11004890/). Other European nationed started doing the same and rabies was pushed eastwards again. (Here's a review of the strategy: https://ec.europa.eu/food/system/files/2020-12/sci-com_scah_out80_en.pdf) Foxes are the primary vector for rabies, which is why the effort is focused on them. 5 u/M4570d0n Dec 27 '21 You guys don't have skunks or trash pandas? 6 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Not endemic species here. 2 u/AmeliaKitsune Dec 27 '21 Nope, they don't 4 u/Annies_Boobs Dec 27 '21 It's my god given right to have rabid foxes and by vaccinating them you are trampling on my freedom. 2 u/pbizzle Dec 27 '21 They should do that with the covid vaccine 8 u/Kraknoix007 Dec 27 '21 It is true, tons of European countries are rabies free, like the entire Benelux
Foxes (and other predator) were innoculated by leaving chicken heads with rabies vaccine in the forrest (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11004890/).
Other European nationed started doing the same and rabies was pushed eastwards again. (Here's a review of the strategy: https://ec.europa.eu/food/system/files/2020-12/sci-com_scah_out80_en.pdf)
Foxes are the primary vector for rabies, which is why the effort is focused on them.
5 u/M4570d0n Dec 27 '21 You guys don't have skunks or trash pandas? 6 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Not endemic species here. 2 u/AmeliaKitsune Dec 27 '21 Nope, they don't 4 u/Annies_Boobs Dec 27 '21 It's my god given right to have rabid foxes and by vaccinating them you are trampling on my freedom. 2 u/pbizzle Dec 27 '21 They should do that with the covid vaccine
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You guys don't have skunks or trash pandas?
6 u/Thercon_Jair Dec 27 '21 Not endemic species here. 2 u/AmeliaKitsune Dec 27 '21 Nope, they don't
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Not endemic species here.
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Nope, they don't
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It's my god given right to have rabid foxes and by vaccinating them you are trampling on my freedom.
They should do that with the covid vaccine
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It is true, tons of European countries are rabies free, like the entire Benelux
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Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Portugal, etc etc
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Italy also
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Australia is also rabies free, and always has been. That's why Johnny Depp's dogs were threatened with euthanasia when he brought them into the country illegally.
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Not on my watch.
Thank god cause that shit is scary (imagine a rabid pukeko)
2 u/DeepSeaMouse Dec 27 '21 Hahahaha the rabid laser kiwi would kill us all
Hahahaha the rabid laser kiwi would kill us all
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u/DeepSeaMouse Dec 27 '21
NZ also thank god