RABID RACOON

The Bay County Health Department says a raccoon that attacked and killed a dog in the Cemetery Road area of Bayou George in Bay County has tested positive for rabies. The raccoon was also killed during the fight. This is Bay County’s fourth confirmed rabid animal of 2018. A rabid fox was killed while attacking a person in the Burnt Mill Creek area in late June. A raccoon captured off Cabana Blvd on Panama City Beach tested positive for rabies in May and a raccoon captured in the Cove area of Panama City tested positive for rabies in February.