A Buttery Road cat whose rabies vaccinations weren’t up-to-date last week bit a houseguest, police said.
It happened around 3:44 p.m. on Aug. 8 as the guest, a woman, stepped on the cat’s tail while walking down the stairs in the home, according to a police report.
The domestic short-haired cat is under home quarantine for two weeks and the bite victim is under observation in case a series of rabies shots are needed, according to Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt.
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Emergency responders were unable to rescue a young raccoon caught earlier this month in a storm drain at Lakeview Lane and Lakeview Avenue.
At about 10:25 a.m. on Aug. 4, police responded to a report of an animal screeching in the drain (it was after a rainfall). The town’s highway department removed the cover to the drain and a trapper was able to secure the raccoon with a snare, but it was too late—the animal couldn’t be revived, Kleinschmitt said.
He expired on his own, she said.
“I guess he had been in there all night,” she said.