Abstract: A prefabricated animal bait containing a carrier substance and a pharmaceutically active substance, for example, a vaccine against rabies. The carrier substance contains a fat component and an additive to stabilize the shape retention of the bait, with both components being selected in such a manner that the mixture is pasty for processing and does not break in the temperature range in which it will be used. The bait is produced in such a manner that, in a deep-drawn mold, the carrier substance completely surrounds, and envelopes a pre-assembled unit of the active substance so that the bait merely needs to be pressed out of this carrier foil when it is to be used. Economical industrial production of prefabricated bait in a simple manner, easily and optimally adaptable to the respective animal species and its habitat with respect to temperature and moisture is provided. A particular simlification results from the use of fish meal as the additive since it simultaneously acts as a lure.