. Animal Damage Control Program highlights, 1996. Animal Damage Control Program (U. S. ); Wildlife pests; Agricultural pests. The ADC program continues to play an active role in reducing the spread of rabies in Vermont and Texas. The ADC rabies information hotline in Vermont, established to address public concerns regarding the northward spread of the mid-Atlantic strain of raccoon rabies, completed its fourth year of operation. The 1-800 rabies information hotline provides service to the public 7 days a week. In Texas, ADC personnel assisted the Texas Department of Health (TDH) in two oral ra
. Animal Damage Control Program highlights, 1996. Animal Damage Control Program (U. S. ); Wildlife pests; Agricultural pests. The ADC program continues to play an active role in reducing the spread of rabies in Vermont and Texas. The ADC rabies information hotline in Vermont, established to address public concerns regarding the northward spread of the mid-Atlantic strain of raccoon rabies, completed its fourth year of operation. The 1-800 rabies information hotline provides service to the public 7 days a week. In Texas, ADC personnel assisted the Texas Department of Health (TDH) in two oral rabies vaccination projects involving bait drops. TDH was the lead agency in this effort, which involved aerial distribution of million vaccine latent baits over 41,000 square miles. The baits were used to battle both the canine rabies outbreaks in south Texas and the gray fox rabies outbreaks in central and southwest Texas. Afterwards during 1996, the south Texas canine rabies strain of the virus did not occur north of the northern boundary of the vaccine bait drops. ADC specialists assisted city employees in Durant, OK, in moving about 100,000 blackbirds and starlings from a roosting site in a residential/business area. Local business owners and residents complained of a strong odor and noise when the birds returned to the roost each night. Health hazards and loss of business were also cited as problems created by the birds. ADC personnel used pyrotechnics and other frightening tactics to scare the birds to another location, where their presence will have less impact on the community. During 1996, the Cedar Lakes Conference Center, operated by the West Virginia Department of Education, requested that ADC help with sanitation and nuisance problems caused by 400 resident Canada geese. Guests complained about goose droppings on sidewalks, athletic fields, and other public-use areas. ADC developed and implemented a longrange integrated harassment plan that greatly reduced the c
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