Month: February 2023

The vicious mauling of a 70-year-old North Carolina woman in December 2022 has led to changes in the Pender County animal ordinance. The Pender Country Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the changes on Jan. 17. The revised animal ordinance clarifies...

If you've been bitten or scratched by a dog, rodent or any other animal capable of transmitting rabies in North Carolina, you should be aware of how rabies progresses. After all, rabies is extremely serious, and can even prove fatal if untreated. The rabies virus has...