In Estrie, 48 municipalities are targeted by an operation to distribute vaccine bait that will set in motion this Wednesday. Quebec explains that the risk of introducing rage of the raccoon from Vermont is very high.
At the beginning of July, cases of rage were discovered in Derby, less than ten kilometers from the Canadian-American border.
Thus, the sectors of Stanstead, East Hereford, Saint-Herménégilde, Saint-Venant-de-Paquette and Sherbrooke are added to the list of municipalities targeted by vaccination baits in the coming weeks. A first operation was carried out this year in April until early May.
Specialized technicians will capture and vaccinate animals in the municipalities of Barnnn-Ouest, Odgen, Stanstead and Stanstead-Est. The animals will be released on site.
Animals will be vaccinated against rabies. (Archives photo)
Photo: Radio-Canada / Guylaine Charette
The bait will also be distributed by hand, by plane and by helicopter, in a territory of 7,016 km2 In southern Quebec, until September 20. Montérégie is also affected by this operation
In figures:
- 635,000 bait
- 7Â 016Â km2 of covered territory
- 116 municipalities concerned (48 in Estrie and 48 in Montérégie)
- August 6 to September 20
The ministry recalls population to report all wild animals suspected of rabies
au 1-877-346-6763.
It is an animal that will be disoriented, a little mixed. Usually wild animals will save themselves from us, but there it is an animal that looks less fearful, disoriented, abnormally aggressive or even paralyzed, we see it in broad daylight we try to frighten and it does not leave. It can sound bells
explains the biologist Marianne Gagnier.
The operation also targets skuffs and foxes.
Wild animal baits containing the rabies vaccine resemble small sachets of greenish ketchup. (Archives photo)
Photo: Ministry of Natural Wealth of Ontario
