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Raccoon Trapped Near School Tests Positive For Rabies In Prince George's County Raccoon Trapped Near School Tests Positive For Rabies In Prince George's County
Raccoon Trapped Near School Tests Positive For Rabies In Prince George's County A raccoon found between a school and daycare in Prince George’s County Tuesday tested positive for rabies, police confirmed. Officers responded to a report of a raccoon “behaving strangely” near the 5200 block of 43rd Avenue around 4:40 p.m., Hyattsville Police said. The raccoon was between a school, which had just dismissed for the day, and a daycare, which was still open. Police trapped the raccoon and took it with help from an Animal Control officer to a nearby veterinarian, where it tested positive for rabies. No direct contacts with other people or animals were reported. We are t…

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