[Kris Christine]

Originally Posted by Woogie Man

I found this, which is news to me. Cats are much more likely to contract rabies than dogs. Here's a link to the CDC concerning this...

CDC Data & Statistics | Feature: The Burden of Rabies

Yes, this is true, but wildlife (particularly racoons and bats) account for the vast majority of rabid animal species.

Center for Disease Control Epidemiology | Rabies

Wild animals accounted for 92% of reported cases of rabies in 2006. Raccoons continued to be the most frequently reported rabid wildlife species (37.7% of all animal cases during 2006), followed by bats (24.4%), skunks (21.5%), foxes (6.2%), and other wild animals, including rodents and lagomorphs (0.6%).

Domestic species accounted for 8% of all rabid animals reported in the United States in 2006.

In 2006, cases of rabies in cats increased 18.2% compared with the number reported in 2005. The number of rabies cases reported in cats is routinely 3-4 times as that of rabies reported in cattle or dogs.