Caribou in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, tests positive for rabies

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Nunavut's wellness section is advising residents to ticker for animals exhibiting strange, accelerated behaviour. It says cases of rabies successful caribou are rare.

Nunavut wellness section advises residents to ticker for animals exhibiting strange, accelerated behaviour

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· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 3:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

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A chaotic caribou connected the tundra adjacent the Meadowbank Gold Mine successful Nunavut connected March 25, 2009. Nunavut's wellness section is informing of a caribou successful Coral Harbour that's tested affirmative for rabies. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Nunavut's wellness section says a caribou successful Coral Harbour tested affirmative for rabies aft it was seen attacking dense equipment. 

In a nationalist wellness advisory Tuesday, the section said caribou seldom get rabies.

It said harvesters who fishy an carnal of having rabies should debar handling the carcass. If they person already harvested the meat, they should dispose of it alternatively of eating it oregon feeding it to dogs.

It said if you've been bitted oregon scratched by an infected animal, to spell to your section wellness centre arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and study the incident.

Dogs and different home animals that walk clip tied up outdoors should beryllium monitored for a alteration successful behaviour. Signs of rabies see alteration of behaviour, aggression, staggering, frothing astatine the mouth, choking oregon making unusual noises.

Wild animals infected with rabies whitethorn besides look affable and attack humans without fear.

Residents tin study an carnal that exhibits signs of rabies to Nunavut's biology wellness bureau astatine 866-857-4444. 

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