Rabies Pictures - Fairfax County, Virginia

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Oral Rabies Vaccine Pilot Program

	Live traps are baited with canned fish and set out overnight.(JPG File,132K)
	The next morning, traps are checked for raccoons.(JPG File, 117K)
	The trapped raccoon is sedated.(JPG File, 130K)
	The sleeping raccoon is weighed. (The largest topped 22 lbs.) (JPG File, 117K)
	To test the raccoon to see if it has eaten the oral rabies vaccine, a blood sample is drawn and sent to a lab. ( JPG File, 53K)
	For future identification, the raccoon has a tag placed on each ear. (JPG File, 112K)
	Not all raccoons will have eaten the oral rabies vaccine. To be sure the raccoon is vaccinated, it is given rabies vaccine by injection. ( JPG FIle, 113K)
	Once the wildlife biologist has finished working with the raccoon, it is returned to the protection of the trap where it can recover from the sedation. ( JPG File, 126K)
	After the raccoon has recovered, it is released. ( JPG File, 125K)