A rabid raccoon was captured in Raleigh on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Raleigh Animal Control received reports of a raccoon on Chadwick Drive staggering and walking in circles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Animal Control removed the raccoon and received a positive rabies test result on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is the second rabid raccoon in Raleigh and the fourth confirmed case of rabies in the city this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officials said the raccoon came into contact with a dog, and they were placed under a 45-day quarantine. The dog will be monitored by the Raleigh Police Animal Control team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone who sees unusual animal behavior should contact Raleigh Animal Control immediately. (919) 831-6311<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to minimize rabies risk:<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo not approach animals you do not know.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMake sure pets have a current rabies vaccination.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo not feed stray or unknown animals.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo not leave trash or food outside unless it is in a bin with a tightly closed lid.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf a pet is fed outside, do not leave the food out overnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf a pet comes in contact with an animal that may be rabid, contact a veterinarian immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rabid raccoon was captured in Raleigh on Sunday. Raleigh Animal Control received reports of a raccoon on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[68358,97,39142,617,51876],"class_list":["post-841199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-animal-control","tag-health","tag-rabies","tag-raccoon","tag-raleigh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841199","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=841199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}