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Dead squirrel, didn't bite anyone, should I be worried about rabies?

Asked by azul (386points) July 21st, 2010

Yesterday there was a squirrel that had apparently (I didn’t see it myself) fallen from a tree, and it was on the ground dying. We thought it had a broken leg. Every once in a while it would lurch around or shake its leg. The body is still there this morning, being worked at by flies. It didn’t bite anyone, but there are a lot of pet dogs in the area (I don’t know whether dogs will bother a corpse.) I know that squirrels rarely get rabies, but should I be worried that it was rabid anyway? Should I call up the health department or whoever so they can remove the body and test it for rabies?

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