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Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Four baby goats from Farm Adventures petting zoo in Harmony, North Carolina, tested positive for rabies and were euthanized after being bitten by a skunk found in their pen.
- Health officials urge anyone who had contact with the goats between July 28 and the recent week to contact local health departments for possible rabies treatment, as rabies is almost always fatal without intervention.
- The petting zoo held off-site events involving children and elderly individuals across multiple counties, increasing potential exposure risk.
- Farm Adventures is monitoring its other animals and cooperating with state and local authorities to ensure safety and prevent further spread of rabies.
- North Carolina has not reported a human rabies case since 2011, and the CDC emphasizes that rabies remains a rare but serious public health concern, with about 100,000 Americans receiving post-exposure vaccines annually.
