Aggressive Squirrel Attacks Send San Francisco Bay Area Residents to Er
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A news article reports on aggressive squirrel attacks in the San Francisco Bay Area, prompting some residents to visit the ER, with commenters questioning the severity and implications of the issue.
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> “We’ve seen this kind of behavior before,” she said. “It’s almost always because someone has been feeding the animal.”
> The good thing is that squirrels are not vectors for rabies. She says people should never feed wildlife.
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