Person Faces Rabies Shots if Dog Isn’t Found

Carroll County health officials said a person who was bit by an unknown dog on April 4 in Sykesville faces a series of rabies shots if the dog isn’t found.

Health officials are urging the public to help locate the dog, described as “an older possible Shepherd mix with a medium build, floppy ears, wearing no collar and having a brown/black/gray coat.”

A person was bit by the unknown dog on Autumn View Drive in Sykesville April 4, according to a release.

Health officials said if the dog isn’t located by Friday April 12, the person will have to undergo a "series of expensive post-exposure rabies shots."

This isn’t the first rabies scare locally.

In January, Sykesville town officials warned residents not to feed stray animals after a citizen was exposed to rabies after trying to “rescue a distressed kitten,” officials said at the time.

For more information on how to deal with human exposure to rabies, visit the Centers for Disease Control website.

If you have any information that may help locate the dog involved in the latest incident or its owner, contact the Carroll County Health Department at (410) 876-1884 or the Carroll County Humane Society at (410) 848-4810.

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Citizen Exposed to Rabies in Sykesville

Fatal Case of Human Rabies First in Maryland Since 1976

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