Saw this in the news. FLAGSTAFF - The Coconino County Health Department is proposing a pet quarantine across parts of Flagstaff while it distributes an edible rabies vaccine for wild animals. Rabies has been confirmed in 21 wild animals in the area since November. At least two people have received rabies shots after they were bitten by foxes carrying the fatal disease, and a rabid skunk attacked a child but didn't puncture the skin on Monday. Health Department director Barbara Worgess said Friday that the plan requires owners to keep dogs and cats on their property or leashed for 90 days while vaccines are distributed across parts of Flagstaff. It also restricts feeding and interacting with wildlife. If approved by county supervisors, it would take affect on Wednesday. The county imposed similar restrictions in 2005 and 2006. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/03/20090403rabies-quarantine0403-ON.html Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 |