GASTONIA, N.C. — A Mount Holly resident was bitten and scratched by a rabid cat, based on Gaston County Police Animal Care Enforcement.
Officers say they acquired a name concerning the cat Tuesday evening from a resident on Fairview Drive. Officers captured the cat, and despatched it to a state lab, the place it examined constructive for rabies. Officers then notified the resident and canvassed neighbors to ensure pets had been updated on vaccinations.
The Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement stresses the significance of getting an up-to-date rabies vaccination for all pets. By preserving your pet’s present on their rabies vaccines, you’re defending them from contracting the illness from wildlife and spreading the illness to your loved ones and different animals, and folks locally. Officers say it will be important to by no means deal with or transport sick animals.
Gaston County residents ought to contact Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement to seize and transport sick animals. That is the twelfth confirmed rabies case in Gaston County this yr.
