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Show RABID COYOTES WILL ATTACK BOBCATS Al PORCUPINES (Salt Lake Tribune Evidences of the menace of the rabies ra-bies are being received daily at the laboratory of Professor L. L Dames state bacteriologist, with headquarters at the University of Utah. Last week five heads were received Ul these scientific test proved that two of the animals, the heads of which ?.7e,,exa,miDfd' WPro found afflicted with the dread disease, the other specimens speci-mens being found free from traces of I rabies. Several interesting features were brought out during the week's investi- i qniions by Dr. Daines The most Important Im-portant development emphasized, although al-though previously recognized by scien-tisis, scien-tisis, is that coyotes or dogs Infected by the rabies are so absolutely crazy ond fearless that they will not only enter into combat with the porcupine, Which they ordinarily shun, but will go to the extent of attacking members, of the cat tribe, including bobcats and i lynxes. Scientifically this phase Is said to be most interesting, since members of the .mine i.tmiiy nave ijeen rateo as having hav-ing a profound respect for the prowess of the feline tribe. Convincing Evidence. When the Investigators first reported report-ed that animals with rabies had at-1 tacked porcupines their statements I were scouted by the unbelieving and I unconvinced. Professor Daines, how-; ever, states that ho has absolute proof in the way of porcupine quids which he found projected into the heads of! coyotes he has tested for traces of the rabies. The lesson Dr. Daines draws from this running amuck of rabid coyotes I and dogs is that humans are most cer-i tainly unsafe, especially it caught! ash ep or ofi guard by infected animals. ani-mals. Children unsuspectingly playing w iih animals having the germ of the ! disease in their systems ar naturall even more open to the danger of in-1 fection. of the oases examined during the' week by the state bacteriologist evi-1 donees of rabies were found in the head of a coyote sent in from Leamington, Leaming-ton, in Millard county. The animal bit a large number of dogs, and warning ' to destroy the dogs was sent out by J the state board of health. Lynx Also Infected. A lynx head sent in from KeltonJ Box Elder county, also showed positive evidence of rabies affection. This was the second specimen of a head of the feline family, the other having been that of a bobcat, s nt in from Tooele about a month ago. It is said that the Nevada authorities have found many! cases of bobcats and animals of like species suffering from the raids of, j rabid co otes. The cases determined negative by the state bacteriologist during the! I week were those of the heads of two , dogs from Smithfield and of a dog from Providence, in Cacho county, I which bit several people, but which ' was adjudged not rabid, but simply i mean. Both Bridge and Point Springs in Cassia county, Idaho, on the border of Utah, have recently had experiences with rabiu coyotes. A horse was bitten bit-ten by a rabid coyote at Bridge, and j a coyote running amuck attacked an entire pack of hounds on the place of Richard Bishop at Point Springs The I coyote was killed at once and later the aogs were shot to prevent any possibility pos-sibility of the spread of the disease. Cases in Cassia county are of more than usual Interest to the Utah state , health authorities, because of the proximity prox-imity to the Utah state line. Several in Idaho. Reports are to the effect that manv cattle and sheep are dying throughout1 the Raft river section in Idaho from! an affection supposed to be the rabies. In one instance a rancher was attacked attack-ed at night in his home. Dr. E. F. Rlnehart of the federal agricultural de- I partment, with headquarters at Ru-1 1 pen, Idaho, is now investigating the I outbreak A case of rabies has been reported ! at Malad. Idaho, from the Daniels dis ' trict. A horse belonging to Mr. Stobbs was infected. The animal was hitched to a wagon when it suddenly became mad. With great difficulty the horse was unharnessed and put into an en-j en-j closed shed, where it died within a few j hours. The city and county officials are keeping a close watch for all un-; un-; muzzled dogs. Twelve dogs have been I killed within the clt limits recently and it is estimated that three times this many have been killed in the county within a short time. |