A new vaccination effort starts Monday, and New Yorkers might be surprised to hear its not aimed at humans.
Raccoons in New York City are the latest focus of vaccines, this time in an effort to protect the creatures from rabies, the city announced.
The Health Department said small, brown-colored baits would be scattered in wooded areas of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. The oral vaccine will be laid in"bait stations" and hand tossed starting Monday and well into October. The baits reportedly smell like fish, and when raccoons chew on them, it releases a pink, liquid vaccine. Health officials say the bait itself is not harmful, but the liquid inside could cause vomiting if pets eat several of them.
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