Published: October 21, 2025 at 11:05AM EDT
A captured raccoon peers through the bars of a trap in Grand Isle, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. A federal program is trying to stop rabies from crossing the border into Canada. Bait has been dropped from airplanes, raccoons have been trapped and vaccinated and others are routinely trapped, tested for the vaccine levels, and then released. The program runs from Maine west to Pennsylvania. (Toby Talbot/The Associated Press)