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Rabies-infected Girl Bites 40 People Before Dying In UP Village
JALAUN: A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was bitten by a stray dog about a fortnight ago in a village in Uttar Pradesh, passed away on Monday.The girl bit around 40 people before dying.According to sources, the girl was at her maternal uncle's house in Kyolari village of Konch tehsil in UP's Jalaun district when she was bitten by a stray dog.
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Villagers claimed that the dog had died after biting the girl.After the dog attack, the girl was taken to a quack instead of a qualified doctor. "When they returned to the village, the child started showing symptoms of rabies, which was ignored by her family," they alleged.Over the next few days, the girl bit over 40 people or scratched them with her nails.
On Friday, the girl collapsed and her family took her to the district hospital from where she was referred to Jhansi. However, she died on Monday.CHC in-charge Dinesh Bardariya said, "Over 40 people from Kyolari village have come for rabies vaccine. However, there is no need to panic as we have enough rabies injections available."Does India have a rabies problem?
Owings Mills Cat Tests Positive For Rabies, Alarming Health Officials
CBS News Baltimore LiveBALTIMORE -- A cat found in the Owings Mills area tested positive for rabies on Wednesday, according to Baltimore County's Department of Health and Human Services.
The calico-type cat was found near Pegram Road—just a few blocks away from Reisterstown Road, according to county authorities.
Baltimore County Animal Services is advising anyone who may have been exposed to the cat to seek medical attention from a healthcare provider or visit a hospital emergency room, county authorities said.
Rabies can be transferred through bites, scratches or licks.
Baltimore County officials want residents to be aware of the dangers of feeding and handling stray animals or animals that are unknown to them.
Rabies prevention tips include:
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Old And Ill Stray Cat Hands Himself To Rescue, Is Euthanized—'Best For Him'
An senior stray called Eddie surrendered himself to the Black Dog Animal Rescue (BDAR) shelter in May 2023 at an estimated 18 years old.
Matted and emaciated, he appeared as staff members were conducting their bi-weekly meeting. As they opened the door, Eddie didn't run. Instead, he walked right up to his rescuers who lifted him up and brought him inside.
"He was very sweet and readily accepted any attention we wanted to give," Emilee Intlekofer, executive director of BDAR, told Newsweek.
The team fawned over Eddie and gave him food, and scanned him for a microchip with no success—although the rescue center found out that Eddie had been neutered.
Pictures of Eddie, the 18-year-old cat who handed himself into a shelter in Wyoming. The executive director there told Newsweek that the senior stray knew what was best for himself. Black Dog Animal Rescue BDARBefore long, he was settled in an enclosure with a full stomach and slept soundly. A few days later, Eddie was scheduled for a checkup with the vet, and blood work revealed more about the mysterious feline.
Eddie's results suggested he was around 18 years old, and at the end stage of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). This is a lentivirus that affects domestic cats and other felid species. Similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS in humans, it weakens a cat's immune system, making them more susceptible to various infections and diseases. Primarily transmitted through deep bite wounds and typically occurring during fights, FIV is particularly common among stray cats.
Eddie's platelets were so low that, without a blood transfusion, he would not survive. After tough consideration, the team members realized that they could not use their limited resources to give an 18-year-old cat a blood transfusion. So they followed the vet's recommendation to euthanize him humanely.
"After we presented with his diagnosis and prognosis from our veterinarian, it wasn't really that difficult of a decision to make," said Intlekofer.
A close-up of Eddie after he handed himself into the Black Dog Animal Rescue shelter. Eddie was keen on cuddles, attention and plenty of food when he arrived, the executive director told Newsweek. Black Dog Animal Rescue BDARHowever, despite knowing it was the right thing to do, Eddie had a profound impact on the team at Black Dog Animal Rescue.
In a blog post telling Eddie's story, Intlekofer wrote: "It took me a couple days to reconcile his death even. A stray cat I knew for barely a moment. I finally decided he came to us because he knew we would help him and Eddie needed us to help him not live anymore.
"He knew that we would do what was best for him. We still have no idea where he came from or where he'd been and, like nearly every animal we help, we wish we would have known him sooner," Intlekofer added.
Black Dog Animal Rescue is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and was founded in 2007. A private rescue entirely funded by donations from the public, the shelter is foster-based so most animals are not kept in the facility. The people at the shelter, the staff, volunteers and veterinarians he encountered, all gave him a happier ending than would have been possible without them.
"He made such an impact on us in the short time he was with us," said Intlekofer. "It was just so incredible how he showed up out of nowhere and brought himself to us, a place that could help him."
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