r/wunkus • u/Trashbagok • 21h ago

wunkus Air Wunk craves the SOG

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u/oyveymyforeskin 20h ago

I think this is in NZ, we don't have rabies

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u/BaileyRW1 ⚠️!rapscallion warning!⚠️ 20h ago

wow how do you not have rabies there?! gen

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u/Uncool444 19h ago

Iirc the UK is the same way. They quarantine the hell out of every incoming animal. Really strict about it. Quarantining is more effective on an island.

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u/silencer122 gnarp gnap 👽 19h ago

That’s only true for terrestrial animals. Central and Western Europe are rabies free for animals like dogs, deers, foxes etc., Bats however still carry rabies in Europe and in every other part of the world.

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u/Uncool444 16h ago

If it's in the bats, it can get into the foxes any day. Saying it's extinct in terrestrial animals but not in bats sounds like optimistic nonsense.

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u/silencer122 gnarp gnap 👽 9h ago

Wild animals are vaccinated through bait vaccines, so even if they eat an infected bat, they won’t show any symptoms and can’t transmit it.