Show STEVE DRAKE and his two dogs bitten by a muskrat pose behind the dead muskrat laid out before attack man and his dogs Straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock a Vernal man and his two dogs were attacked last week by a pair of muskrats for seemingly no apparent Steve Drake was working in Ids back yard Sunday evening when he spied a black furry object about ten yards away on the other side of a fence that separates his yard with a nearby His who saw little black watched as it ran toward Drake from about five yards away and jumped on his Before the animal could bite whose first thought in the approaching darkness was that it was a struck the animal with a shovel knocking it to the After Steve killed he discovered it was a several of which he's seen scurrying around the open field behind his property at S. 1500 E. Since he wasn't bitten and the animal was disposed he didn't think much of it until an incident March caused him to notify Jack area Animal Control and Ed local Again it was in the evening when his a golden retriever and a started a chorus of furious barking that drew Drake out of the house to investigate the As he was going his nursing a litter of 10 at came racing into the house-later it was found after she had been When he came upon the area where his retriever was tied he noticed the fight between muskrat and the When he arrived with a the dog backed off-not before he was to allow his master the opportunity to strike the Following the Drake notified Lent and who advised him to chop the head off and refrigerate it so they could send it into the State Department of Health Monday for analysis against While awaiting the results later this Drake stated his which he reports having had their rabies vaccinations will continue to be tied Animal Control Officer Lent points to this type of incident as strong reason for dog owners to ensure their pets are vaccinated against Regardless how the muskrat tests he it still points to the need for owners to protect their animals and people in the area from Another area of concern is the high incidence of loose dogs in the While Drake's dogs were confined on his property and still were attacked by a possible rabies-carrying the loose dogs have even a greater chance of coming in contact with a rabid Lent's major concern in regard to loose dogs is that if they do contract it's a good chance their owners won't even know about it until it's too BARING its teeth and smiling for the camara is the head of the muskrat sent to the State Department of Health for rabies analysis after it bit two dogs last |