Make Sure That Road Kill is Dead Before You Try To Move It
May 19, 2009
A motorist is undergoing treatment for exposure to rabies after an encounter with a raccoon this past Saturday in Alamance County. The Greensboro Record reports the unidentified man was bitten after he stopped to remove the injured coon from the roadway shortly after he had struck it.
On Saturday, a raccoon was hit by a motor vehicle on N.C. 119 North near Stagecoach Road in Mebane. The motorist stopped to remove what he thought was a dead raccoon from the roadway.
But the raccoon was still alive, and it bit the motorist through a pair of work gloves. The motorist managed to catch the raccoon, which died before Animal Control could claim it…..
…..This is the second confirmed case of rabies in Alamance County this year.
The Alamance County Health Department suggests that people should not approach or touch wild animals.
I would further suggest that you confirm a critter is dead before you grab on to it.
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