Earlier this week, a wild raccoon attacked a child inside his mother and father’ house in Idaho. Fortunately, the child survived and the animal didn’t have rabies. Idaho Fish and Game reports that the toddler was strapped into an toddler provider after returning house from an outing along with his mom. Nobody is aware of how the raccoon acquired into the home.
The mom was capable of seize the raccoon and get it off her little one, after which she introduced her child to the hospital. The newborn’s father and an official later discovered the raccoon nonetheless inside the house and killed it.
Regardless of this information, Idaho Fish and Sport says raccoon assaults on persons are uncommon.
“Whereas raccoons are a typical species throughout Idaho, studies of assaults on people are extraordinarily uncommon,” the company writes in a press launch. “And whereas raccoons have a status as a possible provider of rabies, just one case of raccoon rabies has been documented in Idaho.”
Idaho Fish and Sport additional explains that raccoons typically keep away from people, however that may change if the animal feels threatened. Moreover, people ought to chorus from purposefully feeding raccoons or different wild animals and from by the way attracting them by leaving meals unattended outdoors.