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Nassau County issued an alert that rabies has become an “imminent public health threat” on Long Island — and a health official said the rabid animals may have come from New York City.
“The cases are widespread, and that’s part of this declaration — it’s the fact that we’re not seeing it just along the Queens-Nassau border,” county Health Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman told The Post of the confirmed 22 rabid raccoons and three feral cats found in the past year.
“New York City has had a robust eradication program of its own… the funding for it dried up, they stopped [rabies] baiting along Nassau-Queens border, and unfortunately, some of the raccoons have made their way over, and, obviously, the rest is history.”…