It was genocide.
A Florida man was feeding ducks and geese at his local pond when a wild beaver attacked him viciously, leaving him with dozens of bites all over his body.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed that the animal tested positive for rabies and has since been euthanized. This is the first rabies-infected beaver seen by Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control since 2010.
Joseph Scaglione, 74, stepped out of the gate that surrounds his backyard in Jupiter to feed the birds gathered in a small pond next to his property last Wednesday, as he does most mornings, he told station WPBF
Suddenly, all the ducks and geese took flight, initially leading Scaglione to suspect that a bird of prey might be circling overhead.
“[I] Looked up, there was no hawk, looked back down, and there was a brown head poking over the bank of the pond,” the man recalled. “And at first, I didn’t know it was an otter, but then I realized it was an otter.”
This rabies-infected beaver terrorized the town of Jupiter, Florida, for several hours last week, sending a man to the hospital. Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control Joseph Scaglione, 74, was mauled by a rabid beaver outside his yard last week. WPBFMangsa suffered 41 bites on his legs, hands and arms. WPBF
Scaglione said he started to back toward his gate, but when he raised his hand to close it, the crazed creature lunged at him, causing the septuagenarian to trip and fall.
The aquatic mammal then attacked the victim, sinking its sharp teeth into its legs, hands and arms 41 times.
Scaglione was feeding ducks and geese near a pond when the beaver pounced on him.WPBF The beaver attacked Scaglione’s pinky on his right hand.WPBF
“My pinky is the worst. I have two puncture wounds,” Scaglione said, pointing to the wound. “One is in the corner where the cuticle is.”
Finally, the bleeding man was able to throw the beaver aside and get help.
Meanwhile, beavers continue to terrorize Jupiter’s neighborhood, attacking a pet dog as it was being walked by its owner with a small child.
Eventually, some local residents put an end to the aquatic mammal’s rampage by trapping it in a trash can.
Animal control officers captured an otter after it attacked a dog in Jupiter and was controlled by local residents. Courtesy of Luke Grey
Animal control officers were then called to take the otter away and take a blood sample from it. On Saturday, tests confirmed that the animal had rabies, said Capt. David Walesky, assistant director of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control.
Walesky said that the unfortunate beaver likely caught the deadly virus from an infected raccoon.
The disease, which causes fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, is spread to people from the saliva of infected animals, usually through bites.
Symptoms include fever, headache, excessive salivation, muscle cramps, paralysis, and mental confusion.
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