On June 5, 2023, a raccoon tested positive for rabies in the area of Parker Road and Sherwood Circle in Salisbury. The Wicomico County Health Department is advising all residents to be aware of their surroundings and avoid contact with all wild or stray animals.
Rabies is a preventable viral disease that exists in the saliva of mammals and is transmitted from animal to animal or from animal to human by biting and/or scratching. The virus can also be spread by licking, when infected saliva makes contact with open cuts or wounds, and with the mouth, eyes, and nose. If left untreated in humans and animals, rabies is fatal.
Please keep the following tips in mind to protect your family and your pets:
– Keep pets confined
– Avoid all contact with wild or stray animals
– Teach children to leave unfamiliar animals alone
– Vaccinate pets-Maryland law requires that all dogs, cats, and ferrets, 4 months of age and older have a current rabies vaccination.
– Avoid feeding or watering pets outside
– Secure outside garbage lids
To report human or animal contact, such as bites or scratches, call the Wicomico County Health Department at (410) 546-4446. For more information on rabies or rabies vaccination clinics, visit our website at www.wicomichealth.org, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram (WicomicoHealth), or Twitter (@WicomicoHealth).
This is what happens with a Democrat Governor who cares more about LGBTQ than about public health!
10:32 – did you read the article? What are you talking about?
We have a racoon problem right here in the backyards around the streets near the Salvation Army, last year we had a bad copperhead snake problem and yes they are poisoness. They are here because of trashy unkept backyards places to hide, tall brush and delapitated houses they live in. A number of these homes have been boarded up and abandoned. Make sure the hospitals and medical facilities have copper head anti venom. City inspectors need to check around these houses monitor and have them torn down or sold to new owners.
Hey, Y’all….don’t pet the funny lookin’ dog!