Rabid Raccoon Captured
March 20, 2019
A raccoon captured near East 11th Street and Everitt Avenue has tested positive for rabies. Rabies is a fatal viral infection of the nervous system that is transmitted from animal to animalor animal to human by bite, scratch, or mucous membrane exposure to infected saliva.
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