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A rabid beaver leaped out of a pond and chased children at a Springfield nature center Saturday, but no one was injured, Fairfax County police said.
The incident occurred the same week an 83-year-old woman was attacked and seriously injured by a rabid beaver at Lake Barcroft in the Bailey’s Crossroads area.
The most recent incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. at the Hidden Pond Nature Center. The children had just finished a fishing competition when they noticed a beaver swimming toward the dock on which they were standing, police said.
The beaver lept out of the water and onto the dock and was seen acting aggressively and chasing the children, police said. An animal control officer responded to the scene, cleared the area and shot the beaver, police said.
No one was bitten by the beaver, and tests later determined the animal was rabid.
Wildlife experts said people should keep their distance from animals that are acting strangely, which is often a sign they have rabies.
In an unrelated incident, authorities were notified of what appeared to be a rabid raccoon in the Lake Barcroft area on Sunday. Animal control officers will be handing out fliers in the neighborhood after the incident and the attack on the woman.
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Oh my god, you guys, please watch out for the rabid beavers This shit is on the LOOSE! Protect yourself.
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AND here I thought this thread was going to tell me what bars I should be hitting.
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Even if it was, do you really want to be hunting for cooch that the news outlets would be referring to as rabid???
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...could prove to be an interesting night... By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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Interesting. This is an extremely rare case as these guys are not a rabies vector species.
People really need to realize that the chances of anything other than raccoons, skunks, foxes and bats having rabies is EXTREMELY rare...but shit, now beavers can be added to that list I guess.
I'm so glad this country has taken real measures to try and keep rabies at bay from our wildlife. It's been knocking at our border for years and I'm sure eventually it will be as bad here as it is in the states.
Bottom line is though, you really should stay away from all wildlife...I just feel bad when there are cases of poor little non-vector species like squirrels being killed because they think a poor starving baby who is desperate for food is a rabid animal trying to kill them. | |
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yikes. | |
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Just for such shame & desperation.......
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The title got me all excited. This one's for the rich, not all of 'em, just the greedy
The ones that don't know how to give | |
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how exciting to see a beaver in the wild!! let alone seeing one chase your kids or bite a granny, amazing creaatures | |
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