Cherokee Man Treated For Rabies Exposure

The man is being treated after he was bitten by a stray cat earlier this month.

Cherokee Man Treated For Rabies Exposure

The man is being treated after he was bitten by a stray cat earlier this month.

  A Cherokee County man is being treated for rabies exposure after he was attacked by a stray cat, officials with the North Georgia Health District said Thursday evening. According to a press release, the man was attacked on Dec. 1 after responding to sounds of cats fighting outside his home near the intersection of Highway 140/Hickory Flat Highway and Creek Hollow Drive in southeast Cherokee County. A gray and white cat he fed often was outside his home and started rubbing against the man's legs. The cat suddenly became aggressive and bit him. The cat ran away, but when it returned to the property, the man shot the cat.  The incident was reported to the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department on Dec. 6 and the cat's body was …

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Kitten Tests Positive for Rabies

"A variety of people in Cherokee County" came into contact with the gray-striped kitten prior to its death, North Georgia Health District spokeswoman Jennifer King said.

Call your local environmental health office or medical care provider if you came into contact with a stray kitten at the Riverstone Parkway Starbucks between Feb. 22 and March 1 Today, Cherokee County Environmental Health officials announced that the gray-striped kitten with medium-length fur tested positive for rabies. "A variety of people in Cherokee County" handled the kitten prior to its death, North Georgia Health District spokeswoman Jennifer King said. A young woman who works at a Canton veterinary office picked it up on March 1 at the Riverstone Starbucks, where it had been touched by an unspecified number of people. The woman took the kitten to her Canton home and several more people were exposed to it, King said. Last Friday, the…

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Rabid Fox Attack in Woodstock

It's the fourth case this summer.

For the fourth time since May, a Cherokee County animal has tested positive for rabies. According to Cherokee County Environmental Health specialist Glendon Gordy, a rabid fox attacked a dog, then chased a jogger at a Woodstock residence on Hickory Fairway Drive on July 14. "The jogger kicked the fox away and it ran under the deck of a nearby home where it remained until local law enforcement arrived and shot it," North Georgia Health District spokeswoman Jennifer King said in an email to Patch. The head of the fox was sent to the Georgia State Laboratory on Monday. Officials learned the results on Wednesday. "The jogger has begun post rabies exposure treatment, which consists of one shot of rabies immune globulin and four shots of rabies …

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