What is the #1 carrier of rabies in the US?
The wild animals that most commonly carry rabies in the United States are raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. Contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths in this country; at least 7 out of 10 Americans who die from rabies in the US were infected by bats. Although contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths in the country; it is dogs that people are most exposed to in their daily lives, and dogs are the most likely to infect people with rabies virus in daily life.