MAINE, USA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about increased numbers of rabid woodchucks in 2023, officials say.
In a Facebook post, the department wrote animals like foxes, bats, raccoons, and skunks are typically the most common animals with rabies in Maine.
But this year, officials said there have been increasing numbers of rabid woodchucks as well.
"Avoid contact with wildlife to protect yourself from rabies," the post stated.
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This comes just a couple of weeks after a Maine man was bitten by a fox and received a rabies shot, officials said.