Florida 11/29/12 Martin County: A fox that bit a resident in Port Mayaca’s J&S Park Estates on Monday has tested positive for rabies. – See http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/nov/29/rabid-fox-bites-woman-in-port-mayaca/
Georgia 11/30/12 Chatham County: A raccoon that was trapped after fighting with two dogs in the vicinity of LaRoche Avenue on the Isle of Hope has tested positive for rabies. See http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2012-11-30/raccoon-tests-positive-rabies#.ULmKbIYt7WB
Pennsylvania 11/29/12 Allegheny County: A gray cat that bit a Swissvale woman in the vicinity of the 7300 block of Denniston Avenue has tested positive for rabies. The cat, which is likely a stray, was hit by a car on Monday and went onto a porch where the resident tried to help it and was bitten. Anyone else who may have been bitten or scratched by this cat should seek medical advice. – See http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/3046696-74/cat-health-rabies-county-rabid-bitten-animal-contact-department-swissvale#axzz2Dfxm1Bug
Virginia 11/29/12 Hopewell: A skunk found on the 500 block of North Ninth Avenue near City Point National Cemetery on Monday has tested positive for rabies. – See http://progress-index.com/news/rabid-skunk-found-in-hopewell-1.1409840
Canada:
New Brunswick 11/30/12 Restigouche County: An unvaccinated house cat in Balmoral that bit its owner has tested positive for rabies. The New Brunswick Veterinary Medical Association said this incident reinforces that rabies still exists in the province. – See http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-house-cat-tests-positive-for-rabies-1.1060786
~ ~ ANNOUNCEMENT ~ ~
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases / Bacterial Diseases Branch
Fort Collins, Colorado
Is pleased to announce the release of CDC’s
Plague Fact Sheet
(in English and Spanish)
at
Important typo correction.
That should be http://www.cdc.gov/plague/
You missed a “c” in “cdc”
p.s. Thanks for collecting all this info, it comes in handy when trying to educate demented feral-cat-lovers that are training their cats to approach and attack humans by feeding all these millions of untamed disease-infested cats.
Thanks for calling the URL typo to my attention. It’s been fixed. Happy to know the info provided in the blog is useful to you. I don’t know when people will get it through their heads that feeding stray cats or any other wild animal is tantamount to inviting Jack the Ripper into their homes for the night.