Last Thursday a dead raccoon was found in Prospect Park, and soon after tested positive for rabies. Since then, locals have been criticizing the park for not testing other dead animals in the past—as is standard procedure in Central Park (where 120 raccoons tested positive this year, and a vaccination program was established). Some claim clean up crews stall on picking up reported dead animals, leaving them to believe the city is part of the problem... and we are all seconds away from a rabid zombie-animal takeover. more ›

While official health department reports claim this is only the second rabid raccoon found in Brooklyn since 1992 (in comparison, 100 tested positive in Central Park this year alone), others claim they've been undercounting. That's what licensed wildlife rehabilitator Anne-Katrin Titze has claimed, and she has a photo of a dead raccoon in Prospect Park from earlier this year which was never tested for rabies. more ›

Westchester police are on the lookout for two coyotes that mauled a 6-year-old girl in Rye. The girl was playing in her front yard with her sisters when the coyotes "pounced" from a bush, biting her on the shoulder, thigh and possibly ear and scratching her back. more ›

Did the coyote and bald eagle sightings keep you from thinking about all of those rabid raccoons roaming around Central Park? Well, they're still there—however, the city plans to vaccinate all Upper Manhattan raccoons against rabies so that we don't get some sort of I Am Legend/Cujo hybrid scenario on our hands. more ›

Yesterday afternoon we received an alert from the Department of Health regarding rabid raccoons taking over Central Park! Dun dun dun. They have officially issued a warning, and tell us there are three raccoons (so far!) identified as being rabid — one in recent months, and the other two in the past week... which means it's spreading quicker than you can say Cujo. more ›

The Department of Health has just issued a warning stating that six rabid raccoons have been found in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx in recent weeks. As such, the DoH warns us all to stay away from not only the black-eyed beasts, but also skunks, bats, stray dogs, stray cats and other wild animals. more ›

At least one dog flown into Newark Airport from Iraq as part of a stray dog rescue mission was found to have rabies and may have affected other animals, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday. 24 Dogs and 2 cats were on the flight, organized by Operation Baghdad Pups, a SPCA group that has brought hundreds of stray dogs over from Iraq to new homes in America. more ›