CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats in the U.S.

Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by tzs on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:33PM (#29831424)

I noticed the mongooses too, and went Googling. Here's why they are there [1]:

> The first successful introduction of mongooses to the Caribbean region was back in 1872. They were intentionally brought to the islands to control rats that were destroying sugarcane crop. From Jamaica, they were taken to other islands, between 1877 and 1879, Puerto Rico, St. Cr4iox [sic] and St. John for the same rat-control purpose. In 1883, Jamaican mongooses were imported by sugar growers on the Big Island of Hawaii, and then were later taken to the other Hawaiian Islands.

http://stoppinginvasives.com/home/database/herpestes-javanic...

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Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by ghaff on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:13PM (#29831978)

I think Kauai is the only island in the state that doesn't have them which is why you actually see chickens roaming freely there.

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Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by eganist on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:17PM (#29833926)

I saw wild chickens roaming around in parking lots on O'ahu all the time lol

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Re:CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats... by rezonant on Friday January 07, 2022 @12:10AM (#29835224)

Plenty of free roaming chickens on Maui

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