{"id":673047,"date":"2026-05-29T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/673047\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:18:08","slug":"athol-warns-of-wild-animals-displaying-neurological-symptoms-nbc-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/673047\/","title":{"rendered":"Athol warns of wild animals displaying neurological symptoms \u2013 NBC Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts town issued a warning to pet owners on Friday, saying they have been seeing an increase in wild animals displaying &#8220;neurological symptoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North Quabbin Regional Animal Control issued a press relase saying they have been noticing animals acting strangely in the downtown, Pinedale and Pequoig areas of Athol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you see one of these animals displaying neurological symptoms including: falling over, stumbling, circling, not paying attention or noticing humans, or seizure like symptoms, please call the Athol non-emergency police line at 978-249-3232,&#8221; animal control said.<\/p>\n<p>They said they are currently in contact with several state agencies to determine the cause of the illness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we do not feel there is a need to panic, please be cautious when allowing pets outside and please do not leave them outside unattended,&#8221; animal control added. &#8220;Please also make sure your animals are up to date on their rabies and distemper vaccines as well!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Athol, with about 12,000 residents, is located in Worcester County not far from the New Hampshire border and about 25 miles west of Fitchburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Massachusetts town issued a warning to pet owners on Friday, saying they have been seeing an increase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2001,79,201],"class_list":["post-673047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-massachusetts","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}