PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – USA (13): (FL) feline, human exposure

Rabies — Worldwide/Unknown
Six people are being treated after exposure to a rabid cat that was caught west of Lake Worth [Palm Beach County, Florida], and authorities are urging the cat’s former owners to come forward because they may have been exposed to the disease.
Animal care and control captain David Walesky and Tim O’Connor, of the Palm Beach County Health Department, spoke on Wednesday afternoon [20 May 2015] and said they are looking for a 2nd possibly rabid cat in the neighborhood near Lake Worth Road just