+2 Canada Dr. Mitch Shulman: Rabies — What you need to know By Dr. Mitch Shulman, The Suburban Aug 16, 2026 Quebec is undertaking an animal vaccination program to control the spread of rabies among raccoons because there’s been a significant increase in the number of infected raccoons in the Montérégie and Estrie regions and raccoon rabies has infected a stray (feral) cat in that region.