Brendan Popp knelt in a wooded area along a creek in Benson Park on Friday afternoon, opened a cage trap and gently shooed a plump raccoon out the door.
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A raccoon trapped by the USDA sits in a cage at Benson Park on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The raccoon has a tag on its ear, so it has been previously trapped and given the rabies vaccine.
The USDA's Brendan Popp holds the rabies vaccine that he and his team are giving raccoons they trap on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
A raccoon trapped by the USDA sits in a cage at Benson Park on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The raccoon has a tag on its ear, so it has been previously trapped and given the rabies vaccine.
A dry-erase board at Douglas County Health with an outline of the strategy to fight a possible rabies outbreak on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Emma Price shows the trailer in which she prepares specimens for rabies testing on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Emma Price shows the container in which she will collect specimens for rabies testing on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
The area inside a trailer in which they prepares specimens for rabies testing on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
A cooler in which specimens ready for rabies testing sit in on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Ann Carpenter demonstrates the area in which she tests specimens for rabies on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. She is with the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service.
Ann Carpenter demonstrates the area in which she tests specimens for rabies on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. She is with the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service.
A stack of Negative rabies tests photographed on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Kathy Nelson holds an example of a package like those that will carry the oral rabies vaccine covered in food on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Dr. Matthew Donahue, state epidemiologist, talks about rabies at Douglas County Health on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
US Public Heath Service's Dr. Bryan Buss talks about rabies at Douglas County Health on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Supervisor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology Chad Wetzel talks about rabies on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Kurt Mauro, public health emergency response coordinator for the Douglas County Health Department talks about rabies on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
