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RADNOR — Radnor officers say a canine took a maintain of a rabid raccoon inside a township park. Now the canine is being handled for the illness.
The incident occurred Friday, Feb. 16, at roughly 9 a.m., when a resident was walking on the paths at Skunk Hollow. They encountered a raccoon that gave the impression to be sick close to the “Boy Scout Bridge.” The resident contacted Michael Maratea, the township’s ordinance enforcement officer with the Radnor Police Department Auxiliary Services Division, to report the potential for a sick animal.
While Radnor Police waited for the resident to level out the raccoon, an unleashed canine got here down the hill and instantly began wrestling with the raccoon.
The canine then grabbed the raccoon in its mouth. After just a few moments, the canine launched the raccoon, and the canine walker lastly secured it. The raccoon was then collected and transported to the state lab to be examined for rabies. The canine concerned within the incident is present on vaccinations and is being quarantined by state tips.
The raccoon examined constructive for rabies, per the Pennsylvania State Rabies Lab.
Radnor Township Police Department wish to remind the neighborhood to name 911 instantly if a sick or injured animal is sighted.
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