Four baby goats at NC petting zoo test positive for rabies

On a summer afternoon in Lexington, North Carolina, families brought their children to a community gathering and let them hold baby goats named Molly, Maggie, Cow, and Uno — an ordinary moment of pastoral delight that carried an invisible danger. Weeks later, health officials confirmed all four animals had contracted rabies from a skunk bite, transforming a fond memory into an urgent medical question for every person who had reached out to touch them. The incident is a quiet reminder that the boundary between the natural world and human gathering is never fully controlled, and that the window