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Raccoon near Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill has rabies | The Herald Sun <br />https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article214434384.html[8/14/2018 11:13:45 AM] <br />2016 they recorded six. <br />In 2016 the N.C. Department of Health <br />recorded 251 rabies cases across the state, <br />including 26 bats, two beavers, 10 cats, four <br />cows, one deer, two dogs, 51 foxes, 117 raccoons <br />and 38 skunks. <br />Rabies is a preventable viral disease in <br />mammals, most often transmitted through the <br />bite of a rabid animal. Symptoms in people <br />include fever, headache and general discomfort, <br />progressing to death within days of showing <br />symptoms. However, rabies is rare in people. <br />Of the few cases in humans in the country in <br />recent years, most have been traced to bats. If <br />there is any possibility of exposure to a bat, the <br />affected person should contact Animal Control. <br />If any incident involving a bat or other animals <br />susceptible to rabies, like raccoons or skunks, <br />takes place outside of regular Animal Control <br />hours, an Animal Control officer can be reached <br />at 911. <br />Editor's note: The following video contains graphic content. Peter <br />Costa, with the Global Alliance for Rabies Control, explains how to <br />properly clean and treat a wound from a bite from a possible rabid <br />animal. The video is an except from a video <br />By <br />