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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
There are currently more than six countries that are rabies-free and therefore rabies inoculation of dogs are unnecessary. They are: New Zealand, Austraila, Fiji, Guam, Ireland, Britain, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Japan and Taiwan as well as the islands of Hawaii.
Some of these countries have borders with other countires. That is not the point of rabies carrier animals - the point is who these animals are. Mostly the carriers are dogs. Raccoons in the USA are a major carrier of rabies.
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Now I didn't say that no countries with common borders were rabies free. I said the ones you mentioned the first time were islands and the main reason they are rabies free is due to no common borders. I've not heard that Finland, Norway and Sweden are rabies free.
Skunks are one of the major carriers of rabies in the US, more so than raccoons. Also bats. It's rare for a dog to have rabies to be honest. There aren't many cases of dogs having rabies. Very few if any per year.
Peggy