Maryland Staffers Search 45-Acre Lake for 3rd Rabid Beaver After 2 Attacks
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Updated · thebanner.com · Aug 14
Maryland Staffers Search 45-Acre Lake for 3rd Rabid Beaver After 2 Attacks
3 articles · Updated · thebanner.com · Aug 14
Summary
Wildlife staffers used boats, foot patrols and thermal imaging to sweep Cunningham Falls State Park’s 45-acre Hunting Creek Lake and found no additional rabid beavers.
The search followed two attacks within 10 days that hospitalized a 13-year-old boy and a 19-year-old fisherman; both beavers involved were killed and later tested positive for rabies.
Maryland officials closed the lake and hired a trapper while checking for signs of other beavers or offspring, but staff reported no fresh gnawing or other evidence of continued activity.
Experts called two rabid beaver attacks unprecedented and said a third would be very unlikely, though the park’s full reopening still depends on continued monitoring.