(Frrm the Forest Service, U.' S. Tepartment of Agriculture, 



San Francisco Office ) 



-YjT-ES SPREAD HYDROPHOBIA 



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Aindreds cf Cattle Bitten 

 "by Rabid V T ild Animals 



^ashingtrr. ....: The spreading of rabies by in- 



:tc-d coyotes among cattle grazing in the national forests 

 has assumed a grave aspect, according to a report received 

 by the Forest Service frrm the district forester in charge-e 

 f the fr rests in v r ashin^t'-n and Oregon. Numerous townships 

 in eastern Oregrn, it is reported, have ordered that all dogs 

 "be muzzled lest those that have been bitten by rabid coyotes 

 develop hydrophobia anfl , at tack humans or domestic animals. 



B.'f forts ar-e being :;j?.dr hy the state authorities of 

 n regcn to stop the spread of hyc'r^phobia by this means, and 

 ificers of the Forest Service are cooperating in attempts 

 co kill off the coyotes. In ^ne county alone a loss 3f 

 three hundred head of cattle is charged t-o rabid coyotes. 



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