{"id":116015,"date":"2026-06-10T11:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/?p=116015"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:57:26","slug":"raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/en\/raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon rabies &#8211; Ban on moving certain wild animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Target animals (live)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raccoons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skunks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foxes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coyotes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>The ban also applies to the transportation of an injured, sick or orphaned animal<\/strong> to a shelter or rehabilitation center. Moving an animal constitutes an offence punishable by a fine. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even an apparently healthy animal can be a carrier of the virus: signs of rabies can take several weeks or even months to appear.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>The ban is in force until August 6, 2026, and may be extended.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Call for vigilance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La rage peut affecter tous les mammif\u00e8res. Elle peut donc se transmettre d\u2019un animal infect\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019humain. <br\/><strong>If you&#8217;re a pet owner, <\/strong>have your dogs or cats vaccinated against rabies and keep their vaccinations up to date.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do you see a raccoon, skunk or fox that is dead, disoriented, injured, unusually aggressive or paralyzed? Report it : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcde <strong>1 877 346-6763 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for your cooperation. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read information from the Government of Quebec &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/agriculture-environnement-et-ressources-naturelles\/sante-animale\/maladies-animales\/liste-maladies-animales\/rage-chez-les-animaux\/operations-de-surveillance-de-la-rage-du-raton-laveur\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/agriculture-environnement-et-ressources-naturelles\/sante-animale\/maladies-animales\/liste-maladies-animales\/rage-chez-les-animaux\/operations-de-surveillance-de-la-rage-du-raton-laveur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raccoon rabies surveillance and control operations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Sutton wishes to inform the public that we are one of the municipalities affected by the ban on moving or relocating certain wild animals, due to confirmed cases of raccoon rabies in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":116011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[455,2016,1790,143],"tags":[],"hf_cat_post":[],"class_list":["post-116015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats","category-government","category-health","category-safety-fire"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raccoon rabies - Ban on moving certain wild animals - Town of Sutton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/en\/raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raccoon rabies - Ban on moving certain wild animals - Town of Sutton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Town of Sutton wishes to inform the public that we are one of the municipalities affected by the ban on moving or relocating certain wild animals, due to confirmed cases of raccoon rabies in the region.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/en\/raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Town of Sutton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VilleDeSutton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T15:57:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Visuel-rage-raton-laveur-1024x538.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Isabelle Capmas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Isabelle Capmas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/en\\\/raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/en\\\/raccoon-rabies-ban-on-moving-certain-wild-animals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Isabelle Capmas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sutton.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fcddbf766da4e6e679c1907f20cb0fdb\"},\"headline\":\"Raccoon rabies &#8211; 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