September 20, 2007
Kitten Found in D.C. Has Confirmed Rabies
Oh noes! A widdle kitten from our own widdle city has been found to have a terrible disease that causes animals to viciously attack anyone in its path! How could an adorable kitty do such a thing?
It's all too true, reports the Post. The kitten was found at the Anacostia Farmers Market and actually bit five different people before being captured and testing positive for rabies. Anyone who might have had contact with the kitten, described as black with brown markings, is advised to immediately contact the D.C. Department of Health at 202-576-6664.
It's unclear how the kitten contracted rabies. Vaccinations against the disease are required for all dogs and cats in the District.
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O HAI, IM IN YR MARKT GIVN U RABIES.
FLAIL
I dunno, I think this is one story where LOLCats pictures / references is inappropriate.
Didn't scientist just claim that canine rabies had been conquered in the U.S. or was that another ailment? It's a cat..but I'm just saying....
I'm going to guess that it probably had raccoon rabies
>It's unclear how the kitten contracted rabies. >Vaccinations against the disease are required >for all dogs and cats in the District.
Guns are banned in the Dixcrict. That seems to be workin' out real well too.
At least the gun ban will soon be permanently overturned.
It's weird to think all of this implies there's a decapitated kitten head sitting in a lab somewhere.
caturday
Way to turn this post into an opportunity to respond to the voices in your head, dcrebel. Smooth.
Anyway, I'd guess the varmint had an encounter with a bat, raccoon, coyote, or other such cuddly red-of-tooth-and-claw city dweller.
Hey, wait! Maybe when dcrebel gets their legal handgun we can hire them to shoot random shadows in alleys! Y'know, in case they have rabies.
LOL CATS -- this year's beavis and butthead
ha ha ha - no seriously!!!, get it?!?!! the cats can't spell!! ha ha ha!!! they spell things funny and say "is" in place of "are"!!!!!
bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!
"It's unclear how the kitten contracted rabies. Vaccinations against the disease are required for all dogs and cats in the District."
wow. you're kidding, right? the district passes a law and it didn't make all of the rabies magically disappear? ever seen a feral cat in dc? that doesn't belong to someone and therefore hasn't been vaccinated? no? it is pretty crazy how naive some of the people given jobs to write for dcist are...
Yeah, why don't we just outlaw crimes, and then we won't have any in DC any more!!!!! And while we're at it, let's outlaw bad schools, homelessness, and drug abuse, and they'll all magically disappear, too.
Oh, wait a minute......
I have never seen a pro-rabies comment before- I'm confused though about your stance. Are you saying that vaccines are a bad thing (yay smallpox!) or are you suggesting that without gun control, rabies will be subdued by our patriot citizens blasting kittens in alleys? There's a pointy hat waiting for you next to your stool in the corner, champ.
awshux, I'm not pro-rabies. I'm anti-fool-who-believes-that-banning-something-makes-it-go-away. Maybe it wasn't intentional but this sentence in the story:
>> It's unclear how the kitten contracted rabies. Vaccinations against the disease are required for all dogs
>> and cats in the District.
Makes it seem like the author believes a requirement for rabies vaccines would magically make the disease disappear. Last time I checked, cats don't read, the rabies virus doesn't read, and most DC criminals don't read (at least the laws they are breaking).