Raccoon attack on puppies
I heard the most horrific story today. A miniature schnauzer breeder and veterinarian had 2 litters of pups under 8 weeks of age who were about 10 days apart in age (12 pups). They were outside in an ex-pen in the yard in the daytime.
The breeder's son heard puppies screaming and ran outside to find that a racoon had gotten in with the pups and killed 3 and injured a couple of others.The son ran the pups to the vet's office, and the racoon got away. After they had the pups that survived, everyone who had contact with the pups had to get rabies shots or boosters. But the Game and Wildlife commission said that the pups would have to be either quarantined with no human contact for 6 months or they would have to be all euthanized because of the risk of rabies. They ended up euthanizing them all.
Such a scary story--and it makes me just want to cry. I can't even imagine. This was in Maryland, fwiw.