Quote Originally Posted by lute
OMG! That's horrible! What a stupid man! I'm glad no one was hurt in his stupid plan. I didn't know rabies was still so common in some areas.

yeah... was a very stupid man!! The larger of the two dogs was HUGE!... never seen a dog like her before, not sure what she was, some sort of bully-masstiff mix... and he course she was drooling all over that place because of the mix she was.. seems pretty sweet though....

Of course I was the one who took the dog back to the hospital runs (where the larger dogs go when dropped off for treatment/vaccs/surgery etc..) and she drooled all over me, so after we found all this out (I found out about an hour after the dog was dropped off).... the manager made me go to the Dr. to consult about possible rabies exposure.. but he wasn't worried... said the dog wasn't rabid at that time, so she wasn't contagious????? But what an idiot that owner was!!... when he came to pick up the dog Animal Control left (they only took the one that killed the rabid racoon).. the one of the Drs at the clinic I worked at gave him hell for what he did....

Yes.. rabies is VERY common in this area... there have been Rabid cats, bats, skunks, racoons, foxes found all over the county.. heck all over the state really, I think Guilford county gets the most exposure of its rabies cases because its not a real rural county, its alot of city/suburban areas, and a lot of the confirmed rabies cases are not found out on a farm or the country, but within city limits.... last year they found several rabid bats on the University of North Carolina - Greensboro (UNCG) campus!.. I'm not sure what the number or rabies cases is in the area so far this year, but I know there have already been a few confirmed cases this year. All spring/summer long they hold low-cost rabies clinics for people all over the state for people to get their pets vaccinated trying to keep it in control, atleast with domesticated animals..

I was just looking up info about rabies in that area.. the info I found was from September 2006 and at that time Guilford county had 27 confirmed cases.. and there were over 20 confirmed in 2007... its crazy!...