Orange County Animal Services announced a positive rabies test for a raccoon in Carrboro on Tuesday morning. OCAS reports the case originated on Dec. 23 in an altercation involving the raccoon and a group of dogs outdoors near Lilac Drive. Animal services removed the raccoon for testing and discovered rabies.
This is the third reported case of a rabid raccoon in Orange County in 2024, and the eighth overall.
OCAS is urging pet owners to be up to date on their pets’ rabies vaccinations. North Carolina law mandates that all dogs, cats and ferrets older than four months have a current and valid rabies vaccination at all times.
The virus is generally transmitted through secondary saliva exposure when handling an animal, so owners are asked to not touch their pets without gloves if the pet has had possible exposure to rabies. A vaccinated dog, cat or ferret which is suspected to have been exposed to rabies must receive a booster shot within four days. Any unvaccinated cat or dog must either be euthanized or quarantined for a period of up to four months. Unvaccinated ferrets can be quarantined for up to six months. OCAS did not provide an update on the condition of the dogs involved in the incident.
Orange County Animal Services hosts periodic low-cost rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats. For more information on clinics and future dates, visit the county government’s website. Additional rabies resources from Orange County can be found here.
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That raccoon was fighting moving cars on the street, fought my car head on before climbing over a 6 foot wooden fence, growled at 3 house dogs before the dogs pulled the raccoon to death. The raccoon’s mouth never looked foamy nor showed drool. But that night was below freezing. After a few hours the raccoon looked frozen enough and i shoveled the stiff raccoon out of the fence where animal control picked up the raccoon the next morning. After a few days animal control told us the raccoon tested positive for rabies.