“The unidentified man, who is in his 50s, was bitten on the hand while trying to pull a mouse away from a stray cat”...
A big no-no imho...
Why would you bring a human hand to a mouse-cat fight?
Also in Oregon, we have someone who contracted rabies via bat bite while trying to get the bat away from her dog.
The dog had rabies vaccine. She didn’t.
Very unfortunate situation all the way around.
Prairie dogs have the most prolific amount of plague fleas. That’s why when I’m home I go to eastern WA, camp out and spend days popping them. The farmers are thankful too because their cattle wind up breaking legs in their dugouts. Some animal rights group have been trying to get laws passed against cruelty to them by shooting them. The farmers and cattle ranchers have shown them the polite way out of town.
Sounds like this guy deserves the Darwin award of the year for his selfless sacrifice. What an idiot! What idiot tries to save a mouse from a feral cat!?!