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i x 1 t thinking selling or buying remax all stars realty inc stouffville tribune weekender 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 epidemic rabies spreading rapidly in region tracy kibble staff reporter while local animal doctors say they havent yet seen any rabid pets from the whitchurchstouffville area they warn the fatal disease is spreading rapidly throughout york region this is one of the first years in a long time where both durham and york regions have reported a rabies problem making the issue a far bigger health threat than in other years said dr garry gall of the stouffville veterinarian clinic this is the first year york and durham have been in sync with the rabies prob lem usually one area or the other has the problem but this year its hit both areas gall said and while there hasnt yet been any local domestic pets diagnosed with the disease gall said rabies is still a major concern there have been very high incidents in this area in par ticular of wildlife rabies cases foxes seem to be the major culprits for spreading the disease throughout the regions gall said the vet said anyone who spots a fox in the neighbor hood should immediately become suspicious because the normally nocturnal ani mals stay away from resi dential areas just seeing a fox nearby is suspicious and their behav ior should be considered an abnormality gall said a pet or wild ani mal doesnt always have to act aggressively when infect ed with the disease often times the animal will act docile instead he said one of the first things to look for if your pet has been away from the house is fighting signs such as open wounds dr brian laing of the town and country animal hospital in ringwood said the low numbers of pets turning up with rabies says a lot for the vaccine luckily there have been no pets turn up with rabies here and that means the vac cine is working laing said laing said pet owners shouldnt put off vaccinating their cat or dog for even a week if they havent already had their annual shot because of the high number of foxes skunks and rac coons that have already been infected the doctor said 12 wild rabid animals have turned up in the neighboring uxbridge area in the past several months and only a vaccinated pet is protected from contact with an infected animal meanwhile dr utpott dis trict veterinarian for agri culture canada a division of the natural resources min istry said most of rabid ani mals from york are turning up in georgina holland landing and king township utpott said 14 infected wild animals have been captured and put away in the past 90 days alone just in york region he attributes the numbers to a very high fox population photolori emmerson this sign appears at the entrance to town on hwy 47 music town theme could be revoked town staff is expected to tell local politicians in october whether or not music town ontario should be the communi tys future slogan chief administrative officer merlin dewing told the tribune that staff will present officials with a complete report regard ing the music town ontario issue including costs for signage and recommendations on whether the alreadyproclaimed symbol should be revoked dewing said meetings have been held with business groups in town including the chamber of commerce and the bia to ensure members have an opportunity to voice concerns resident jim thomas who spearheaded the music town campaign two years ago washed his hands of the matter two weeks ago when councillors refused to make a commitment toward funding of the signs please see page 2 blade break photoaorl emmerson joe andolina and his sons corey left and salvo take a popsicle break after a hard after noons rollerblading around stouffville this week mccallion reschedules visit to town hazel mccallion mayor of mississauga has been forced to reschedule her visit to stouffville in september originally the mayor was to speak on small business operations in a recession on sept 1 however mccallion has been called out of the 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