Do rabies exist in the country you live in?

[Anonymous]

Rabies don’t exist here in Australia.

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The fact Australia is an isolated and island country probably helps a lot. Foreign land animals cannot just crawl into the country. We are surrounded by water.

[NathanDavis]

yes, and yes...

- " Human rabies cases in the United States are rare, with recent reported cases including a Michigan resident who died in early 2025 after receiving a rabies-infected kidney transplant from a donor who died in late 2024, as well as two U. S. deaths linked to bat encounters in Minnesota and California in late 2024 "


- " The last reported human rabies case in Mexico occurred in August 2025, involving a 68-year-old man from Tonila, Jalisco, who contracted the virus after being bitten by a cow in May 2025 and passed away on August 27, 2025, in Colima. "

[abc3643]

Of course they do! Here is a video of 5000 of them in Brooklyn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbEUuQtpo8

[FreyaRed]

Yes but it's much less than a two decades ago. Rabies is a virus and it's not difficult to immunize small carnivores, mostly foxes against rabies, so it's very rare in my country currently.

[purplepoppy]

In the UK some bats carry a type of rabies. It's why it's illegal to handle them without a licence, even dead ones.

They love to swoop around your head at night but they never bite so it's OK.

[DryGermanGuy]

We have been rabies free for 25 years or so. A kid in my hometown was bitten by an infected rat some 40 years ago and had to get emergency vaccination, I remember that.

[Iron_Man]

I live in the USA there’s been many cases from people We have wild animals and if a raccoon bites, you you have to get checked

[Iron_Man]

I was a kid trying to feed a raccoon being a nice guy and I was handing it food trying to feed him like a dog that he would take the food from his mouth but the bastard clawed my hand real hard with his nails and I was bleeding, but I didn’t get checked for rabies. I guess it worked out. Alright I didn’t get any side effects.

[In_Trance]

I've always heard about it, but never seen it. And veterinarians everywhere will love to sell you a vaccine for your animal even if it's not needed

[Anonymous]

There's a lot of Jewish people around where I live, so a lot of rabbis also.

[Nikki1989]

Maybe but it would be very rare.

[slatyb]

It does, cases are very rare.

[MrChinaski]

Well, we have bats.

[TonyMetal___1986]

Rabies as jews religious men?

[Pterodon]

Yes. Mostly from skunks and raccoons

[Agape93]

Yeap

[Anonymous]

Nope