Rabid baby goats prompt North Carolina mobile petting zoo scare
North Carolina health officials have issued an urgent warning after three baby goats from a mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies. The animals visited at least 10 locations across six counties since late July, prompting concerns about potential human exposure.
Why it matters
Rabies is a fatal disease, and the wide reach of the mobile petting zoo necessitates immediate public health outreach to prevent potential infections.
At least three baby goats belonging to a North Carolina petting zoo have tested positive for rabies, prompting state health officials to issue an urgent warning to those who visited the operation's mobile menagerie since late July.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) said Sunday that tests Friday confirmed that the rabies virus was found in three baby goats. A fourth baby goat was not tested but was assumed to also have been infected, the agency said.
The four infected baby goats were euthanized, according to ABC affiliate station WSOC in Charlotte, N.C.
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