Second Rabid Raccoon in Cherokee

A raccoon that fought two Canton dogs has tested positive for rabies, health officials said.

The dogs were vaccinated and will only require a 45-day quarantine,  North Georgia Health District spokeswoman Jennifer King said in an email to Canton-Sixes Patch.

There was no human exposure, she said.

According to Glendon Gordy, a Cherokee County Environmental Health official, the raccoon fought with the two dogs on June 28 at a home on Stillbrook Court in Canton.

"The raccoon's head was sent to the Georgia State Lab, and the positive test result for rabies was returned to local health officials on July 8," King said in the email.

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

That case followed . On May 3, a rabid raccoon attacked a dog at a residence on Hightower Trail in Ball Ground. That dog was current on its vaccinations, too.

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