Rabies is a disease that spreads when an infected animal bites another animal. Though there is a cure for rabies, if an animal in the wild gets it, there is no way to treat it. In Minnesota, skunks and bats in the wild often carry rabies. What would happen to local animal populations if rabies started to spread?

Rabies spreads through bites, and infected wild animals cannot be treated. As the disease spreads, more animals would become sick and die, so local animal populations would start to decrease. The correct choice is “Local animal populations would start to decrease.”

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