Tommy Coyote Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 I just saw this on the Kansas City news. Every so often there is a distemper outbreak in the raccoon population. Now it's in Liberty which is a small city just north of Kansas City. Raccoons and dogs get the same distemper and it's very contagious. We have raccoons everywhere here in the city. And that is why I am really careful to keep my dog's distemper shots up to date. I just read a couple of days ago that the shelter in KC also has had a distemper outbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlasl Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 It has been pretty bad this entire summer. We are putting down 2 or more raccoons a week right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Coyote Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 It has been pretty bad this entire summer. We are putting down 2 or more raccoons a week right now. I read once that distemper outbreaks in the raccoon population are usually not wide spread - they happen in kind of localized areas. We have a lot of raccoons in my neighborhood - they kind of roam all around and use the water drainage system as a highway to get back and forth. I'm really careful about the raccoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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