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Watertown, N.Y. — A stray cat within the North Nation has examined constructive for rabies and will have unfold the illness to different animals, officers stated.
The Jefferson County Public Well being Service posted a warning to their Fb web page Friday that the stray cat was present in Watertown.
Rabies instances “have been recognized throughout Jefferson County,” officers stated within the submit. Officers didn’t say the variety of instances, different places, or different animals with rabies within the county.
Any unknown animal might have rabies and keep away from touching animals you don’t know, officers stated.
It is vital any animals you personal be updated on their rabies photographs, officers stated. A free rabies vaccine clinic is being hosted by the well being service on March 21 at 21897 County Street 190 in Watertown, in line with the well being service’s Fb.
The Watertown case comes simply months after at the least three individuals, together with a toddler, have been bit by a rabid fox in Syracuse.
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