there's no rabies in land mammals in the UK
the fox was liklely injured in the trap so they put it down. It's no surprise they caught one but who knows if it was that one or any other fox at all.
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:12,
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the uk is 'officially' rabies free
but there's nothing to stop a fox slipping on a channel tunnel train in france and getting over here. It's pretty unlikely admittedly, but they are uber-careful with suspected rabies cases.
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benito vaselini no not that one,
Mon 7 Jun 2010, 19:16,
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