he had the thing for 7 years. if it had rabies it would have died already.
Comment on The man who took in orphaned Peanut the squirrel says it’s 'surreal' officials euthanized his pet
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think the officials overreacted, I understand that rabies is a nasty fatal disease. But the euthanasia is completely unnecessary. The officials say it’s to determine that the animals don’t have rabies after peanut bit one of them. If the animals turned out negative for rabies then it means no danger, if positive the only thing they can do is vaccinate the worker, there’s nothing else they can do but wait. Why not just vaccinate the worker and let the animals live?
Also sheltered animals are in no danger of having rabies unless they are bitten by a rabid animal outside.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You cant test for fabies without euthanasing the animal.
“…to rule out rabies, the test must include a full cross-section of tissue from both the brain stem and cerebellum.” - www.cdc.gov/rabies/php/…/diagnostic.html
He had just taken in a raccoon so the squirrel could have gotten it from that, and they don’t know if the owner had been lying about taking it outside.
This is all the owner’s fault for not taking the squirrel to a proper animal sanctuary.
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Let me ask you this. If the animal is tested as rabid. What’s the next step for the bitten?
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
If a animal is tested positive the human have to undergo about 2-4 vaccinations that might need to be repeated and will cost a great amount, or they die. The vaccination has a lot of side effects.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It doesn’t have any more potential side effects than any other vaccine. It’s not special in this regard.
wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So the euthanasia step is really not needed and just go straight to the vaccination part.