Rabies — United States
Rabies concerns have pet owners on high alert in Ohio County [West Virginia] after a kitten recently tested positive for the disease. The concern is over where that small cat came from and if there are other kittens — or humans — possibly infected. Health officials say a Good Samaritan took a kitten into the Long Run Hospital she had found on the road. The kitten ended up biting a worker and later dying.
Tests now confirm the kitten had rabies.
“We’re trying to find out an individual
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