I think it's safe to say that we all want to have a healthy planet and that anything we can do to be greener and more eco-friendly will help—even just a little.
The program uses vanilla and fishmeal flavors to entice raccoons to eat oral vaccines. Experiments with new flavors could help eradicate raccoon rabies across the US
Every year, the USDA drops millions of oral rabies vaccines across fourteen states, mostly along the eastern seaboard. In urban and suburban areas, they use vehicles, but in rural areas, they drop the vaccines from planes.
Every year, the USDA drops millions of oral rabies vaccines across fourteen states, mostly along the eastern seaboard. In urban and suburban areas, they use vehicles, but in rural areas, they drop the vaccines from planes. Host Regina G. Barber talks to USDA wildlife biologist Jordona Kirby about the agency's goal to wipe out rabies in one population in particular: raccoons.