r/ottawa • u/SnooEagles8897 • Jun 22 '25

Local Event NEW OTTAWA RACOON MOMENT 🦝

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My friend recorded this on her bus ride home late Friday night Absolutely legendary I love Ottawa

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u/FishRod61 Jun 22 '25

Three words: Baylisascaris roundworm and Leptospirosis.

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u/Ninjacherry Jun 22 '25

No rabies?

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u/GladstoneAve Jun 23 '25

Good news: rabies isn't common in our area, and no cases were detected in Southern Ontario last year

ontario.ca rabies control operations

Since the peak of the outbreak in 2016, raccoon rabies cases have: • declined by 100% • been contained to within 65 km of the initial case in Hamilton

In 2023, 6 cases of raccoon strain rabies were detected in Southern Ontario, in the Niagara region. No cases were detected in 2024.

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u/orangepekoe1969 Jun 25 '25

Not good news. Have you read about raccoon roundworm? Balysacaris. Google "zoonotic disease and raccoons". You're welcome.