Second Chance Wildlife Control

03/10/2021

03/08/2019

For the week of March 6, there were no new cases of rabies detected.

We are currently at 457 cases of raccoon strain, and 21 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario since December 2015.

10/15/2018

For the week of October 10th there was 1 new case of raccoon strain rabies detected in a skunk in Hamilton.



We are currently at 436 cases of raccoon strain, and 20 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario since December 2015.

10/01/2018

For the week of September 26th there were 3 new cases of raccoon strain rabies detected in two raccoons in Hamilton and one skunk in Welland.



We are currently at 433 cases of raccoon strain, and 20 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario since December 2015

06/12/2018

“Even people in urban Waterdown are finding ticks on them after just mowing the lawns,” says Flamborough veterinarian Jennifer Merry.

06/21/2017

New email on latest numbers on rabies.

We are reporting 1 new case of raccoon strain rabies from last week, occurring in a raccoon from Niagara Region.



We are currently at 327 cases of raccoon strain, and 9 cases of fox strain rabies in Ontario to date.



Please contact me if you have any questions.



Summary (since Dec 2015):

Raccoon strain rabies: 327 cases

Hamilton: 248 cases

Niagara: 25 cases

Haldimand: 23 cases

Brant: 17 cases

Halton: 14 cases



Raccoon Strain Species Breakdown:

Raccoons: 222 cases

Skunks: 101 cases

Fox: 1 case

Cat: 2 cases

Llama: 1 case



Fox Strain Breakdown:

Bovine: 6 cases

Skunk: 2 cases

Fox: 1 case



Huron County: 2 cases

Perth County: 6 cases

Waterloo Region: 1 case



Number of DRIT tests: > 6,100

Number of baits distributed since April 2016; > 1,600,000