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Raccoon tests positive for rabies after attacking dog in N.J. town
A sick raccoon that attacked a New Brunswick resident’s dog last week has tested positive for rabies, according to Middlesex ...
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Raccoon involved in dog attack possibly affected by rabies, officials say
A raccoon who attacked two dogs in South Carolina may be infected with rabies. Deputies with Williamsburg County Sheriff’s ...
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Two dogs attacked by potentially rabid racoon, Williamsburg Sheriff warns residents
A racoon possibily infected with rabies attacked two dogsOn May 29, 2025 Deputies with Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office ...
Potentially rabid raccoon attacks dogs, charges citizen in Kingstree
KINGSTREE, S.C. (WCSC) - Two dogs in Williamsburg County may have been attacked by a rabid raccoon. Environmental Services deputies of the Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office say they responded to ...
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12 Surprising Facts About Raccoon Dogs
Despite its name, a raccoon dog is neither a raccoon nor a dog, but it does belong to the canid family, the lineage that includes dogs, wolves, and foxes. Here are some fascinating facts about the ...
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What to know about raccoon dogs, which may be linked to coronavirus’s origin
A raccoon dog has been linked to the long-running debate over the origins of the coronavirus after an international team of scientists reported that a sample taken in a Wuhan, China, market in ...
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Raccoon dogs may have been linked to the pandemic. What are they?
That left many wondering — what is a raccoon dog, anyway? First, here's why we're talking about them. They were being sold at a seafood and meat market in Wuhan, China, where researchers found ...
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With covid, the long-abused raccoon dog might finally have bitten us back
Most basically, though, for people hitherto unaware of this creature, there are two other questions: What the heck is a raccoon dog, and how did an animal so unfamiliar to Americans come to play ...