• the_q@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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    Rabies on the rise. That’s a climate change issue I didn’t see coming.

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      There are parts of the arctic that have previously been rabies free thanks to our low year round temperatures that are now seeing cases of rabies pop up. As temperatures go up rabies is going to just spread further and further north. Similar deal with heartworm.

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        Oh yeah that makes sense. I forgot rabies virus really hates the cold.