Rabid Raccoon found.

[festus]

Local news: News you won't see on TV! or anywhere else either, except here.

Got an email from our HOA president that they had a coon acting strange in their yard . Their dogs attacked it and it ran off to a neighbors yard where it was found dead. The animal control came out and removed the coon and sent it to Raleigh for analysis where it was found to be rabid. Their dogs then got booster shots for rabies from the vet. I called Raleigh this morning to ask what was legal to do if a strange coon showed up in my yard. Coon season is over. They said I had to call a game warden or county animal control to put it down, but they had no idea of a phone number to the local game official.
The dilemma is this, if I kill a funny acting coon, it probably is rabid, but I can't call for the officials to test it or I admit a game law violation. I then have to dispose of it and don't want to have the dogs dig it up, and burning it is not feasible here. Would a double trash bag and bleach be ok to kill the virus? Then I could just take it to the dumpster.

[tanlover442]

tell the law all you could see was a black burglers mask and long scrawny fingers picking at the front door lock.
it was self defense!!!

[allesennogwat]

Rabies usually can't survive two hours after the animal is dead.

Some info here.

http://www.delmars.com/kitcats/rabiefaq.htm

[allesennogwat]

http://www.stemrich.com/hci/rabies/faq.htm

[allesennogwat]

http://www.stemrich.com/hci/rabies/

[sjohnson]

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rabid Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rabid in the eye Rabid didn't like that
He said I'm gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.

Rabid Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rabid had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy.
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
Rabid burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rabid collapsed in the corner.

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rabid you met your match
And Rabid said, Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better I'll be better doc as soon as I am able.

Now Rabid Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
A Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rabid's revival.

[partymember]

teh Beatles!

[sjohnson]

I'd

a) take the coon out with some subsonic .22

b) bury it, covering it with quicklime and maybe Cayenne pepper to keep the dogs out and rot the carcass faster.

c) get my dogs to the vet, explain they MIGHT have been exposed by a rabid coon.