ON: Province dropping rabies vaccine from the sky above Hamilton

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...lton-1.3354338

Province dropping rabies vaccine from the sky above Hamilton
Province, city investigating after dogs attacked by rabid raccoon in animal control van
By Adam Carter, CBC News Posted: Dec 07, 2015 2:31 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 08, 2015 8:12 AM ET


Provincial officials are dropping rabies vaccine bait around Hamilton by hand and by helicopter this week after tests confirmed the first documented case of raccoon rabies in Ontario in nearly a decade on Friday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is moving quickly to try to contain the spread of the disease. It began by baiting wild animals by hand in the Stoney Creek area Monday. MNR staff are working within a four-kilometre radius of where rabies was discovered after two dogs got into a fight with a rabid raccoon inside an animal control van.

Officials will also drop aerial baits by helicopter on Wednesday, said Dr. Jessica Hopkins, Hamilton's associate medical officer of health, at a board of health meeting on Monday...

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Source: http://london.ctvnews.ca/four-new-ra...o-10-1.2711853

Four new raccoon rabies cases found in Hamilton, bringing outbreak total to 10
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:19PM EST

HAMILTON - The city says four new raccoon rabies cases have been found in Hamilton, bringing the total to 10 found in the area over the past three weeks.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has been dropping vaccine baits over a large swath of land in and around Hamilton to prevent its spread.

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Source: http://london.ctvnews.ca/two-new-cas...o-12-1.2727766

Two new cases of raccoon rabies found in Hamilton, bringing outbreak to 12
raccoon rabies
The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, January 7, 2016 1:17PM EST

HAMILTON - Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says there are two new cases of raccoon rabies in Hamilton, bringing the total to 12 in the city.

Chris Davies, head of wildlife research with the ministry, says the cases were officially diagnosed on Tuesday.

He says the ministry has dropped about 220,000 raccoon baits in the area in a bid to quash the outbreak...

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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle29419378/


Ontario to resume rabies vaccine baiting as outbreak reaches 70 animals
Liam Casey
The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016 2:16PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016 2:17PM EDT


Ontario is set to start dropping more anti-rabies vaccine as part of its new phase in its fight against the virus, which has so far been found in 70 raccoons and skunks.

Chris Davies, head of wildlife research with the province?s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, said they plan to drop the vaccine in early April because the warm weather means the animals will become more mobile.

In recent months, 51 raccoons and 19 skunks have tested positive for rabies, mostly in the Hamilton region.

?The numbers are what?s to be expected,? Davies said. ?In 1999, the (rabies) outbreak peaked in Year 3 and we?re only six months in here.?

Davies said 65 of the cases have occurred in Hamilton, four in nearby Haldimand-Norfolk and one in the Niagara region...