The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) is issuing a rabies alert for neighborhoods surrounding Moss and Ranchlands Parks in Winter Springs. The alert is in response to a raccoon which tested positive for rabies in that area. Residents and visitors in the area bordered to the northContinue Reading
Health officials in Seminole County issued a rabies alert for neighborhoods surrounding Wekiva Island. The alert is in response to an otter which tested positive for rabies in that area. Residents and visitors in the area bordered to the north by Wekiva Springs State Park and Rock Springs Run StateContinue Reading
Seminole County health officials issued a rabies alert for neighborhoods surrounding the Casselberry Golf Club Course. The alert is in response to a cat which tested positive for rabies in that area. Residents in the area bordered to the north by Holly Hills Drive to the south by Jasmine Road, toContinue Reading
Health officials in Citrus County issued a rabies alert for the Heatherwood area of Inverness Friday after a feral cat that tested positive for the lethal virus. The cat was tested after it bit an individual on the previous day. Thanks to quick response and medical care, the individual isContinue Reading
This week, Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control responded Towering Pines Drive in Lakeland, in reference to a fight between a dog and a raccoon. The owner of the dachshund separated the two animals and confined the raccoon until Animal Control responded and took it into custody. The raccoon wasContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) issued a rabies alert for the Bartow and Loughman areas in response to raccoons that have tested positive for rabies last week. All residents and visitors in Polk County should be aware that rabies is present in the wild animal population,Continue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Section confirmed on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the ninth positive rabies case in Polk County for the year. On Monday, November 11, 2019, PCSO received a call from a resident in southeast Bartow whose two dogs had cornered a raccoon in her backyard.Continue Reading
Hillsborough County health officials have reported the first confirmed case of rabies for 2019 in Hillsborough County in a raccoon in the area of Frost Aster Drive in Riverview. On Tuesday, October 15, a man found a raccoon attacking his dog. The dog was taken to a nearby veterinary clinicContinue Reading
Pasco County health officials issued a rabies alert for the southwest region of Zephyrhills due to a raccoon testing positive last week. The raccoon was tested after it attacked an owned dog the previous day. The dog was recently vaccinated against rabies and has been placed on observation. The recentContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Section confirmed on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the fifth positive Rabies case in Polk County for the year. On Sunday, May 12, 2019, PCSO received a call in reference to a Winter Haven resident who stepped on a bat that was on theContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Section confirmed on Tueday, April 9, 2019, the fourth positive Rabies case in Polk County for the year. On Saturday, April 6, 2019, PCSO received a call that a dead bat had been located inside a garage at a home on Longleaf CircleContinue Reading
Hillsborough County health officials are alerting a South Tampa neighborhood after a rabid raccoon attacked a family dog. The health department says the incident occurred in the area of W. Thornton Ave Tampa 33611 in the Ballast Point area. The unprovoked raccoon can out of a tree and attacked the vaccinatedContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County has issued a rabies alert. This is in response to an owned animal being exposed to a raccoon that tested positive for rabies. All residents and visitors in the Meadow Pointe area of Wesley Chapel should be aware that rabies is presentContinue Reading
At least seven people in the Plant City area were exposed to a rabid cat, prompting Hillsborough County health officials to issue a rabies alert. A rabies alert will remain in effect for 60 days in the areas surrounding Holly Bluff Ct. area near Plant City, including the following boundaries:Continue Reading
