Rabid Fox Attacks Jogger, Pet

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 Canton-Sixes 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 vaccine over a two-week period," King said. "The dog is current on its rabies vaccinations. Therefore, the only treatment required is a 45-day quarantine."

Just 14 days ago, . The dogs were vaccinated.

Those results came a week to Seven came from Cherokee County, three from Pickens County and one from Houston County.

And on May 3, . That dog was current on its vaccinations, too.

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