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If the raccoon enters through rotten wood, we cover it with sheet metal so it cannot ever get back inside. All raccoon and squirrel jobs come with a free attic inspection.

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State health commissioner demonstrates how to catch a bat in recognition of Rabies Awareness Month (June).  Urges rabies testing of bats that come in contact with humans. Read the press release.
 
View the new, State Health Department's,  80-second video on the proper technique for safely capturing a bat found in one's home.  

 

 outdoor dogs  baby racoons
 outdoor cat  baby coyotee


Did you know that baby, wild animals can carry rabies? So can stray cats and dogs.

 

To prevent deaths from rabies, the Health Department issues health alerts to the public about this invariably fatal disease and its prevention; offers annual clinics to ensure cat and dog immunizations; facilitates the testing of suspect animals; and provides immediate round-the-clock response and follow-up to every potential rabies incident in the County.

 

In New York State and Westchester County, law requires that all cats and dogs receive rabies immunization.  The Department now sponsors rabies pet vaccination clinics to assist in having pets immunized.

 

The Department maintains a RABIES HOTLINE, (914) 813-5010, which residents may call to hear information about rabies and its prevention.

People most often receive rabies prophylaxis as a result of suspect bat encounters.  Most people who have died from rabies carried by bats.  Current standards require that if a person has known or suspect contact with a bat, the bat must be captured for testing or the person will need to receive rabies shots.  Increased education of the public and first responders such as police has resulted in a greater number of animals being tested each year, especially bats. This has helped decrease the number of people receiving rabies prophylaxis.

 

The Health Department has developed a pamphlet (Take the Bite Out  ,) that provides bite prevention information to the owner of a biting dog, in the hopes of educating the owner to keep the dog from being a danger to family, friends and the public.

 

lil brown batThe little brown bat is one of America's most abundant and widespread bat species. It is often found roosting in attics or barns.Picture courtesy of the CDC
 

What should you do if you find a bat in your house?

Rabies Services

What is Rabies? 

Rabies Prevention

Disposing of a dead animal

Licensed Wildlife Trapper

Rabies Educational Materials 

Rabies just for Kids

Rabies Infection and Animals (CDC)

Bats and Rabies (CDC)

Los murciélagos y la rabia (CDC)


 

 

What should you do if you find a bat in your house?
The Little Brown Bat (Myotis) is one of the most common bats in the U.S. and Canada.

The little brown bat has glossy brown fur. It has hair on its toes and it has pointed ears. It is between three and five inches long and weighs between 1/16 and 1/2 an ounce.
 
If there is any chance that the bat had contact with a person or pet or if the bat is found in the house the most important thing you can do is to capture the bat and have it tested for rabies.  Call the Westchester County Department of Health at (914) 813-5000 for advice on what to do next.

If you are certain that there was no contact with a person or pet (i.e., only if you saw the bat fly in the house and never lost sight of it), close the room and closet doors, open the windows and watch the bat until it leaves.

 

How do you capture a bat?
The safest way to capture a bat is to use the services of an Licensed - Registered Trappers or police officer.

If you decide to capture the bat yourself, be extremely cautious to minimize the risk of further exposure:

  • Turn on room lights and close the windows.
  • Close the room and closet doors.
  • Wait for the bat to land.
  • Wearing gloves, place a coffee can, pail or similar container over the bat.
  • Slide a piece of cardboard under the container to trap the bat.
  • Firmly hold the cardboard in place against the top of the container, turn it right side up and tape the cardboard tightly to the container.
  • For more detailed information, see also the Centers for Disease Control.

After the bat is captured.....
If there is any chance that contact with a person or pet occurred, or you are not sure if contact occurred, DO NOT release the bat.  Call the Westchester County Department of Health at (914) 813-5000 to arrange for the bat to be tested for rabies.  The majority of bats in Westchester County are not rabid; thus by having the bat tested for rabies, you may spare your family from the need for rabies shots.

 Rabies post exposure treatment should be considered if the bat....

  • is found to be rabid;
  • is not available for testing;
  • was untestable;
    AND
  • there was physical contact with a person where a bite or scratch or contamination of any open wound or mucous membrane (eye, nose, mouth) could not be ruled out: a bat bite may be difficult or impossible to recognize.

 

even in the absence of known physical contact, where the bat may have had access to:

  • an unattended young child;
  • a sleeping individual;
  • a person under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
  • a person with other sensory or mental impairment.

 

 

Rabies Services 
Westchester County Department of Health answers  rabies related inquiries, including:

 

  • the assessment of human and/or pet exposure to rabies,
  • rabies treatment,
  • testing rabies suspect animals and
  • the investigation of animal bites and quarantines.

 

During regular business hours Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. call:

Animal Vector:
914-813-5185
Public Health Nurses:
 914-813-5159
Evenings, weekends and holidays, call: 914-813-5000

 

  

What is Rabies?

"Rabies is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system that affects mammals. It is transmitted by the bite of an infected animal and results in a terminal infection with a clinical period of 3-7 days, after a typical incubation period of 2 weeks to 3 months. A rabid animal can only transmit the disease through the saliva during the terminal clinical period and for as many as 5 days prior to showing signs of the disease. Rabies in most animals is characterized by changes of behavior (including aggressiveness or unusual friendliness) and paralysis, especially of the hindquarters and throat.

"Although rabies is primarily transmitted by bite there is some risk of infection should saliva or nervous tissue from a rabid animal get into an open wound or onto mucous membranes.

"In the United States, the primary maintenance hosts for rabies continue to be foxes, skunks, raccoons and bats. These species of animals continue to be infected year after year transmitting infection by bite within the species and frequently to other species."

(Source: New York State Department of Health)

 

Rabies Prevention
Rabies can be prevented by:

  • avoiding contact with wildlife and stray animals,
  • bat-proofing your residence,
  • vaccinating your pets,
  • keeping your dog on a leash,
  • keeping your cat inside, and
  • not providing food or harborage for wildlife.
  • If an exposure does occur, the Westchester County Department of Health should be called immediately at: 914-813-5000

 

 

Disposing of a dead animal 
 
Wear gloves 
Shovel 
Trash bag
 

If a dead animal is found in your backyard and you are certain that no person or pet has had physical contact with it, no matter how minor the contact, it can be discarded.  The following are the acceptable means for this disposal according to state and county laws.  Please be aware that towns may have more stringent laws and you are advised to call your Town Hall first for these local laws.

Line a garbage can with a 2 heavy duty trash bags.  Wearing gloves and using a shovel place the carcass in the bags.  Tie off each bag and leave in the can for garbage pickup.  The can must be properly closed and stored so as not to attract other animals while you are waiting for trash pick up.

The carcass may also be buried on your property (pending town ordinances).  It must be buried 3 feet deep and 250 feet from water sources, i.e. lake, stream, well, etc.).

You may also hire a licensed nuisance wildlife trapper to remove the carcass for you.

Please be advised if you are uncertain as to whether a person or pet has had physical contact with the animal please call the WCDOH at 813-5000.

 

Rabies Educational Materials 
 
The following rabies pamphlets and protocols are available from the Westchester County Department of Health at 914-813-5000.

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Pets & Rabies: Your Dog or Cat trusts you

Bat Rabies - Did you know that

Bite Proof your Family

Take The Bite Out

Rabies in Wildlife

Bat and Rabies: A Public Health Guide (CDC)

 

 

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Amawalk
Annsville
Archville
Ardsley*
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Armawalk
Armonk
Arthur Manor
Banksville
Bayberry Park
Bedford
Bedford Center
Bedford Hills
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Bonnie Crest
Boutonville
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Bronxville*
Bronxville Heights
Bryn Mawr Park
Buchanan*
Buckhout Corners
Butlerville
Cecil Park
Cedar Knolls
Chappaqua
Chauncey
Chester Hill Park
Chimney Corners
Colonial Acres
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Crestwood
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Croton-on-Hudson*
Crotonville
Crugers
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Dunwoodie
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East Irvington
East White Plains
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Eastchester
Eastview
Elmsford*
Elmsmere
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Glendale
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Wykagyl Park
Yonkers*
Yorktown
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4/6/10 Removed 1 way tunnel trap from a Westchester townhouse for a successful removal of squirrels.    Removed nesting birds from bathroom exhaust vent before they had babies.    Inspected a job in Westchester for squirrels, had been at the house 2 doors down 6 months ago, it seams that the middle house is still the squirrel entrance for both.    Inspected behind siding for rat entrances, none to be found, to much dog poop in yard, Rat attractant.    Removed squirrels from house at bottom of apex, entrance due to rotten wood.

4/7/10    Westchester Customer thought he has mice, removed 5 baby squirrels    Installed concrete and 1 way exit door to remove rats from under concrete shelf.    Insulated 300 square Feet of insulation under addition, removed dead raccoon last week.    Squirrel in wall , cut hole in wall and removed 1 baby, when leaving we heard a new baby in different part of wall, cut hole to remove it also, cut 2 additional holes and found nothing.    

4/8/10    Installed exit door / entrance trap device to remove squirrel, later that day customer noticed the returning squirrel carrying twigs back to entrance, so we decided to remove device and give the job 2 weeks for the suspect momma to raise her babies. I asked one of my old employees to remove it for me because I was no where close to job, he did and ill return the favor to him soon.    Went to customers house and waited for her to show up........and waited.......and waited......20 min......i left, she showed up and asked me to return.....of she called when i wasn't there... i told her monday we will try again..... hope she shows on time    Inspected job in Westchester, saw baby squirrels, boy the were big, big enough to leave on their own, with no desire to with momma the milk truck delivering every meal, so we excluded them and as of

4/10/10 the customer reports complete silence....YEA!    inspected a Westchester snake infestation, summited an estimate

4/9/10    Westchester Customer reported squirrel or raccoon infestation, HAD MICE, gave him traps, I didn't charge him anything, however he gave me 100.00 for my time, love it when that happens.    Customer has squirrels, again another older litter excluded them with exit door, as of

4/10/10 Westchester customer reports 1 out ,momma out and one more to come out.    Returned to estimated job to remove bats that customer has received special permission from state to remove bats from her vents, set up nets exclusion nets.    Estimated elderly care facility for squirrel infestation, vent ridge has blown off and building in dis repair.    Removed 1 way door for raccoon that customer reported was a success.    Customer had home improvement contractor close gable end vent, trapped raccoon in, we set exit door to get raccoon out.    Started Squirrel exclusion at facia board above gutter.

4-12-10   Removed 3 skunks from A Westchester property. Installed a negative air machine to remove the smell from underneath the resisdence. Will be back to remove air machine and disinfect. the lady called me her god for solving her problems. That made the rest of the day go by good.    

4-12-10   Arrived at a Westchester clients house who previously had an animal under her concrete porch removed.  I trenched around the entire porch and poured concrete to prevent further intrusion.   

 4-13-10   I had previously excluded a raccoon out of a Westchester clients attic, and the raccoon punched out 8 soffitt vents, and I replaced them for free.   

 4-14-10   I applied eviction fluid in A Westchester customers attic to get rid of her raccoons. All is quiet and job is complete.    

4-14-10   Once again applied eviction fluid for baby raccoons and noticed over hanging branches on clients roof. I offered to trim the branches to keep them from getting back on the roof.    

4-17-10   A Westchester Client was complaining of hearing noises from his chimney flue. After further inspection of chimney I saw a mother and 4 babies at the bottom. I applied eviction fluid so the mother could safely remove the babies.

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Cornell University | Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The term "concrete jungle" may be more apt than ever, as sightings of coyotes, deer, raccoons and geese are increasing in urban areas, including New York City.

Already this year, several coyotes have been spotted in Manhattan, said Paul Curtis, a Cornell urban wildlife expert speaking to reporters on New York City's urban wildlife boom at Cornell's Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center in Manhattan May 18.

Coyotes have been seen in New York before, but "it seems like there are more observations this year than in the past, though we don't know why," said Curtis, professor of natural resources, in an interview prior to the event.

Coyote pups are born in April and leave the pack usually at the beginning of January. The young animals likely travel south from Westchester County into the city along such corridors as train tracks, power lines and river edges, mainly eating injured or dead deer, Curtis said. Once in the city, they live in wooded areas.

"These young animals can travel a long way," Curtis said. Cornell researchers radio-collared 40 coyotes in Westchester County over the last four years and found three of them dead 40 to 70 miles away in Connecticut.

Coyotes can carry rabies, and during breeding season, from late January to early February, they may become more territorial and aggressive, posing a threat to small dogs and even humans.

"As coyotes habituate to people, the risk is there" for human attacks, said Curtis, citing the 2009 death of a young woman who was killed by coyotes in a Canadian national park. "Fortunately, attacks to people are a relatively rare event, but they do occur," he added.

Urban raccoons also pose a public health concern because "they are by far the top mammal vector for rabies," posing a threat to cats, dogs and other pets, said Curtis. Raccoons also cause damage to property when they get into homes and other structures.

Private landowners and communities can contract with licensed nuisance wildlife control operators, who "will trap and remove a nuisance coyote or raccoon" for a fee, said Curtis.

Numbers of Canada geese are also increasing in the New York metropolitan area, with populations jumping to more than 1 million in the Atlantic flyway, from around 400,000 in 1990, according to Curtis. Aside from being a public nuisance and polluting golf courses and parks, "one goose is enough to take down a jet engine," said Curtis, who added that all airports with jet aircraft have plans to manage birds.

Migratory bird legislation protects Canada geese, making their removal more complicated. U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation help communities manage goose populations, while private contractors are often hired to scare geese away with border collies and noisemakers, though such efforts require daily repetition and can be expensive.

The event was part of Inside Cornell, a monthly series held in New York City featuring Cornell experts. The series is produced by Cornell's Press Relations Office.By Krishna Ramanujan