A raccoon was euthanized and tested negative for rabies after it was brought to Maine a pet store for a nail trim, officials said
A woman brought the young raccoon to the store in Auburn on Tuesday, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said in a post on Facebook. Many different people handled the animal “and some even kissed it,” the wildlife agency said. The store manager asked the woman to leave and contacted wildlife officials and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the post said.
“Rabies is spread through a rabid animal’s saliva or neural tissue, and a person can be exposed when that saliva or neural tissue of a rabid animal comes in contact with a person through a bite or scratch, cut in the skin, or gets into the eyes, nose, or mouth,” the wildlife department said. The animal was eventually found and tested for rabies. It had to be euthanized because the test requires an examination of tissue samples from the brain.
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