Thursday, March 15, 2012

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Animal Control urges vaccination

Cook County Animal Control officials will be going door-to-door inBlue Island this week, encouraging pet owners to have their petsvaccinated, after a rabid bat was recently discovered there. AnimalControl Director Dan Parmer issued a notice urging all Cook Countyresidents to make sure pet vaccinations are updated and to keep "catsand dogs on leashes when animals are out of their homes." He alsoemphasized avoiding bats and skunks, which can be rabid and said"stray, non-inoculated animals are at greatest risk for tangling withwild animals and contracting rabies."

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