Wednesday, 18. August 2004
Topic: NATURE - on August 18, 2004 at 6:26:00 PM CEST
Rabid Raccoon Takes Down Officer, 4 Employees
City Manager William Fazioli has fired the city's animal-control officer and the four other employees who staffed the municipal animal shelter, for what he says was a "willful failure" to protect visitors and animals alike from the spread of rabies.
Fazioli announced the dismissals after reviewing the results of a three-week police investigation into how and why a rabid raccoon ended up in the city-run shelter, and ended up being petted and touched by more than 50 people.
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