Categories: North Carolina News

Stray cat tests positive for rabies in Sherrills Ford

HICKORY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Catawba County Public Health was notified Monday that a stray cat in Sherrills Ford tested positive for rabies.

Anyone who may have come in contact with a stray black tuxedo cat in Sherrills Ford since Sept. 15 should call Catawba County Public Health’s Communicable Disease Team at 828-695-5800 to discuss next steps, which could include receiving a rabies preventative.

Sponsored

“This case serves as a warning for people to avoid contact with stray animals and also as a timely reminder to make sure your own pets are up to date on rabies vaccines,” said Clinical Nursing Supervisor Elaine Yancey.

MORE FROM QCNEWS.COM

PETS & ANIMALS

rssfeeds-admin

Recent Posts

Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI

On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind…

12 minutes ago

Researchers Uncover Aeternum C2 Infrastructure with Advanced Persistence and Network Evasion Features

For years, taking down a botnet meant finding its command-and-control (C2) server, seizing the domain,…

27 minutes ago

Vshell Gains Traction Among Threat Actors as an Alternative to Cobalt Strike

A Go-based command-and-control (C2) framework originally marketed within Chinese-speaking offensive security communities has been quietly…

27 minutes ago

New Dohdoor Malware Attacking Schools and Health Care Sectors in U.S. via Multi-Stage Attack Chain

A newly discovered malware campaign has been quietly targeting educational institutions and healthcare organizations across…

27 minutes ago

Bloodborne Remake Was Reportedly Pitched by Bluepoint and Accepted by Sony, But FromSoftware Turned It Down

Bluepoint, the studio behind the successful Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls remakes, reportedly…

36 minutes ago

This website uses cookies.