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Ottawa needs to stop Raccoon Rabies Following a skirmish between a rabid raccoon and two bullmastiff dogs inside an Animal Services vehicle on Dec. 2, officials will drop 45,000 vaccine baits by footy and helicopter in a raccoon rabies blitz campaign. The vaccine baits were ordered after a raccoon tested positive for rabies following a skirmish it had with a two bullmastiff dogs. Two days after the scuffle, another three rabies cases had been found among 14 dead raccoons picked up. The findings surprised o