North Carolina alerts petting zoo visitors after rabies found in baby goats

Potential rabies exposure to visitors, particularly children and elderly individuals who attended events at the petting zoo between July 28 and August 27.

In the quiet rhythms of a summer petting zoo, an unseen skunk carried a ancient and deadly virus into the lives of four young goats — and, potentially, the many hands that reached out to touch them. North Carolina health officials are now tracing the arc of that invisible moment, urging visitors to Farm Adventures between late July and late August to seek medical evaluation before time narrows their options. Rabies, one of humanity's oldest known diseases, remains nearly always fatal once symptoms emerge, yet it is also one of the most preventable — if caught in time. This alert is less a caus

North Carolina alerts petting zoo visitors after rabies found in baby goats

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