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Health Dept. Issues Warning After Rabid Skunk Killed In Carrick
CARRICK (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is issuing a warning to Carrick residents after a rabid skunk was killed by a dog. Officials say the incident happened in the 100-block of...
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Mysterious Illness Affecting Wildlife Forcing Police To Shoot, Kill Animals;...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Some people who live in Ross Township say something strange is going on with wildlife in the area. They are concerned and wondering if it could...
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Rabid Raccoon Found In Scott Township, Near Carnegie
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SCOTT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department says a rabid raccoon was found in Scott Township. A raccoon that tested positive for rabies was found...
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Dog Kills Rabid Raccoon In East Hills
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter EAST HILLS (KDKA) — Health department officials want to warn East Hills residents after a dog killed a rabid raccoon in the area. The Allegheny County Health...
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Officials: Strange-Acting Raccoons In Ross Twp. Test Positive For Virus
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Officials say that strange-acting raccoons in Ross Township have tested positive for canine distemper virus. According to the Pennsylvania Game...
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Dead Cat Found Near Mount Oliver Playground Tests Positive For Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter MOUNT OLIVER (KDKA) — Health officials say that a dead cat that was found near a playground in Mount Oliver has tested positive for rabies. Allegheny County officials...
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Health Department: Woman Scratched By Rabid Cat In Wilmerding
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter WILMERDING (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is advising residents in Wilmerding to be cautious around wildlife after a rabid cat was found in the area....
View ArticleReport: Coyote Attacks Pa. Woman, Officials Believe It May Be Rabid
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter BROOKVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Authorities in Clarion and Jefferson counties are warning residents to be vigilant when they go outside after a coyote attacked a woman over...
View ArticleRaccoon Killed By Dog In Bethel Park Had Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Authorities say a raccoon killed by a dog in Bethel Park was found to have rabies. The Allegheny County health department said the animal was...
View ArticleRaccoon Killed By Dog In Plum Tests Positive For Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PLUM (KDKA) — A raccoon that was killed by a dog in Plum had rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department says the dead raccoon was brought to one of its facilities...
View ArticleRabies Precaution Issued In Upper St. Clair
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter UPPER ST. CLAIR (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is warning Upper St. Clair residents to beware of rabid animals in the area. Officials say a raccoon...
View ArticleRabid Groundhog Killed By Dog In Mount Lebanon
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (AP) – Health officials say a groundhog killed by a dog near Pittsburgh has tested positive for rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department says the...
View ArticleColorado Woman Rescues Raccoon, County Now Dealing With ‘Largest Rabies...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Health officials in Weld County say 21 people were exposed to rabies — making it the largest rabies exposure case for that county,...
View ArticleRabies Vaccination Baits To Be Distributed In Allegheny County This Month
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Rabies vaccination baits for raccoons will be distributed throughout Allegheny County this month. The Allegheny County Health Department and the...
View ArticleFeral Cat In North Versailles Tests Positive For Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter NORTH VERSAILLES (KDKA) — A feral cat found in North Versailles in early August tested positive for rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department says the cat was...
View ArticleAllegheny Co. Health Dept.: 2 More Raccoons Test Positive For Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two more raccoons in Allegheny County have tested positive for rabies, officials with the county Health Department say. According to the Health...
View ArticleSecond Rabid Raccoon Found In Morningside-Stanton Heights Area
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter MORNINGSIDE (KDKA) — A second rabid raccoon has been found in the Morningside/Stanton Heights area of the city. The Allegheny County Health Department says a raccoon...
View ArticleSecond Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies In Mount Lebanon
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter MOUNT LEBANON (KDKA) – A second raccoon has tested positive for rabies in Mount Lebanon. According to the Allegheny County Health Department, the raccoon was found...
View Article2 More Raccoons Test Positive For Rabies In Pittsburgh Area
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (AP) – Health officials are warning western Pennsylvania residents that two more raccoons in the Pittsburgh area have tested positive for rabies. The...
View ArticleHealth Dept.: Rabid Raccoon Discovered In Green Tree Borough
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials with the Allegheny County Health Department say a rabid raccoon was found in Green Tree Borough. According to health officials, the...
View ArticleHealth Dept.: Feral Cat Tests Positive For Rabies In Frazer Township
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter FRAZER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A feral cat that was captured in Frazer Township is the latest animal in Allegheny County to test positive for rabies. According to the...
View ArticleHealth Dept.: Raccoon In Monroeville Tests Positive For Rabies
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — The number of rabid animals reported in Allegheny County so far this year has grown to six. The Allegheny County Health Department says a dead...
View ArticleRabid Raccoon Found In Indiana Township
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter INDIANA TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — A rabid raccoon was found in Indiana Township, the Allegheny County Health Department says. According to an ACHD press release, a...
View ArticleHealth Dept.: Dead Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies In Castle Shannon
CASTLE SHANNON (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department says a dead raccoon found in Castle Shannon tested positive for rabies. According to officials, the dead animal was found in a yard along...
View ArticleRabid Raccoon Found In Scott Twp.
SCOTT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A rabid raccoon was found in Scott Township. The Allegheny County Health Department says someone saw the animal on Spring Valley Road. Local animal services picked it up and...
View ArticleLawrence County Cat Tests Positive For Rabies
NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — A feral cat in Lawrence County has tested positive for rabies. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the animal attacked a person that had been feeding a colony...
View Article12th Rabid Animal Reported In Allegheny County, Says Health Department
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The 12th rabid animal has been reported in Allegheny County this year. According to the Allegheny County Health Department, a raccoon brought to one of its facilities tested...
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‘Every Time It Bit Me I Could Hear Crunch, Crunch, Crunch’: Pennsylvania Man...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – Alex Fink, 57, was confronted by something totally unexpected last weekend, and he lived to tell the story. KDKA News caught up with Fink in Jackson Township Wednesday...
View ArticleRaccoon Found In Monroeville Tests Positive For Rabies
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — A raccoon found in Monroeville has tested positive for rabies. Allegheny County announced Tuesday a raccoon dropped off at its lab tested positive for the deadly virus. The...
View ArticleRaccoon In Bethel Park Tests Positive For Rabies
BETHEL PARK (KDKA) — A raccoon spotted in Bethel Park has tested positive for rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department announced Tuesday that a raccoon delivered to its lab tested positive for...
View ArticleStray Cat Tests Positive For Rabies In Baldwin Borough
BALDWIN, Pa. (KDKA)– The Allegheny County Health Department announced that a feral cat brought to a state laboratory tested positive for rabies. The cat was found in Baldwin Borough near the...
View ArticleHealth Dept.: Rabid Raccoon Captured In Bethel Park
BETHEL PARK (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department says a rabid raccoon was captured in Bethel Park. Officials say the raccoon was found along Clifton Road and did test positive for rabies. It...
View ArticleRaccoon Found In Allegheny Co. Is First Animal To Test Positive For Rabies In...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A raccoon was the first animal to test positive for rabies in Allegheny County during the new year. Allegheny County says a raccoon that was picked up near Jacks Run Road and White...
View ArticleStray Cat Found In Ross Township Tests Positive For Rabies
ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A stray cat reported on Hetherton Drive in Ross Township has tested positive for rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department made the announcement after the test came back...
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More Than 300,000 Oral Rabies Vaccines To Be Airdropped Across Pittsburgh-Area
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More than 300,000 rabies oral vaccination baits are going to be falling from the sky around Pittsburgh. The USDA is flying over several local counties to drop...
View ArticleRabid Raccoon Reported In Mt. Lebanon
By: KDKA-TV News Staff Mt. LEBANON, Pa. (KDKA) – A raccoon reported in Mt. Lebanon has tested positive for rabies. The Allegheny County Health Department says the raccoon was reported on Morrison...
View ArticleRaccoon Found In Pittsburgh Neighborhood Tests Positive For Rabies
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A raccoon from Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood has tested positive for rabies. This is the first animal to test positive for rabies in Allegheny...
View ArticleBat In Pitcairn Tests Positive For Rabies After Biting At Least 1 Child
PITCAIRN, Pa. (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is alerting Pitcairn residents about a rabies risk after a rabid bat bit a child. “It was like 12 o’clock in the afternoon and my daughter...
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Rescue Dog Quarantined For Rabies Escapes Bridgeville-Area Home
By: KDKA-TV News Staff BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) – The Allegheny County Health Department is warning of an escaped dog that was placed under a special quarantine order after one of the 34 dogs she was...
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Raccoon Rabies Vaccine Baits To Be Dropped From The Sky In Allegheny County
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – In a few days, rabies vaccine baits will start falling from the sky in Allegheny County. From July 29 to Aug. 31, Allegheny County Health Department and USDA...
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