Hand baiting will begin tomorrow in regions across Ontario, including Oxford County, Brant County and Haldimand Norfolk.
OXFORD COUNTY - The Province of Ontario will start doing their annual rabies bait drop on Monday.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will distribute rabies vaccine baits for wildlife throughout southern Ontario, by aircraft in rural areas and by hand in urban centres. Baits help to immunize most raccoons, skunks and foxes that eat them.
Hand baiting in urban areas will begin tomorrow in Toronto, Peel, Wellington, Halton, Waterloo, Dufferin, Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Haldimand-Norfolk, Niagara, Hamilton, Six Nations (Ohsweken) in Brant, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry counties.
Hand baiting targets urban skunk and raccoon habitat where the use of aircraft would not be feasible. Staff distribute the baits by hand in urban areas, focusing on raccoon and skunk habitat, such as bushes, green spaces and ravines where animals may forage, or along fence lines, hedges and large culverts. Baits are not distributed near schools, playgrounds, or in yards with toys where children are likely to be present.
Baiting by aircraft will start August 17 in Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Grey, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, Huron, Middlesex, Metro Toronto, Niagara, Norfolk, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Simcoe, Waterloo, and Wellington.
All baiting dates are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
For further information about rabies in Ontario, please visit Ontario.ca/rabies or contact the ministry's rabies information line at 1-888-574-6656.

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