The Colima Health Department warned in a statement that, in addition to unvaccinated dogs and cats, bats, skunks, wild boars, foxes, raccoons and coatis represent a risk of rabies transmission.
The recommendation is to avoid contact with this fauna, since it can be a carrier of the disease or other zoonotic diseases that affect humans. In addition, when they feel threatened, these animals tend to react aggressively.
The state agency pointed out that handling or capturing wild species negatively impacts the environment, since it alters their life cycles, habitat and ecological balance. It also stressed that animals of economic interest, such as cows, goats, pigs, sheep and horses, can spread rabies and transmit it to people.
Therefore, the Department recommends not trying to control or keep wild animals as pets, since doing so implies a risk to human health and environmental conservation. Rabies, which affects the nervous system of mammals including humans, is transmitted primarily through the saliva of infected animals.
Source: elcomentario
