Though Toronto police tweeted Sunday about a “virus” spreading in the city after a man said he was chased and bitten by a raccoon he suspected was rabid, Toronto Animal Services could provide no confirmation of a bite and said they suspected distemper, not rabies. Just after 10 a.m., Toronto police responded to a call from a man in the St. Clair Ave. and Danforth Rd. According to police, the man said he had been bitten by a raccoon that chased him and he believed the animal was rabid. David Hopkinson tweeted that Toronto Animal Services had been called. *”Tammy Robbinson, a spokesperson for Toronto Animal Services wrote in an email to the Star that it is suspected the raccoon that was caught had canine distemper.

Source: thestar February 11, 2018 23:26 UTC