Raccoons will be trapped and vaccinated for rabies in Omaha. The US Department of Agriculture and the CDC are responding to the recent detection of a raccoon variant of rabies not native to Nebraska. They will be humanely catching, tagging, and vaccinating raccoons within a three mile-radius of where the virus was first detected. Health and wildlife employees say they are concerned the variant of rabies may be established in the area and lead to a large increase in the virus. This could lead to pets and humans being at risk as well. A stray kitten first tested positive for the variant of rabies in late September.