The Cape Cod & Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is dropping an oral vaccine for raccoons over several communities on Cape Cod and the SouthCoast.
This week helicopters are flying low over Southeastern Massachusetts as part of a plan to mitigate rabies among wild animals in Barnstable and Plymouth counties. Wareham residents may have noticed the passing choppers on Tuesday or found oral rabies vaccine bait in their yards...
Authorities in Wareham are urging residents to make sure their pets' rabies shots are up to date after a rabid bat was found in a home earlier this week.