NORTH STONINGTON, CT — A skunk discovered on Boombridge Road in North Stonington was examined and located to be optimistic for rabies on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Ledge Light Health District introduced in a information launch.
“The public ought to chorus from feeding or approaching any wild or stray animals,” officers wrote within the information launch. “Rabies is a virus attributable to a virus that may infect all warm-blooded animals, together with individuals. It is unfold largely by wild animals, however stray cats and canine may additionally grow to be contaminated and unfold the virus.
“The rabies virus lives within the saliva and mind tissue of contaminated animals. Rabies will be unfold by scratches from contaminated animals or when contaminated saliva comes into contact with open wounds, breaks within the pores and skin or mucous membranes (eyes, nostril, mouth, and many others.).”
Anyone with questions or considerations can contact the Ledge Light Health District at 860-448-4882 or the North Stonington Animal Control at 860-287-2197.
