The Peninsula Health District issued a notice Friday that a skunk found in the Eaglescliffe Drive area of Ford's Colony has tested positive for the rabies virus. Eaglescliffe runs alongside the country club parking lot and the timeshare property. Anyone with information regarding any exposure to this animal is asked to contact the Peninsula Health District's Williamsburg Environmental Health Office.
Exposure can also include direct contact between your pet and the rabid animal.
Rabies is a fatal, but preventable, disease carried by mammals and has been in the wild animal population on the Peninsula since the mid 1980s. The local office of Environmental Health Services will contact immediate neighbors as well as any civic or homeowner association that serves the community.
No comments:
Post a Comment