STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING THAT YOU BE CAUTIOUS AROUND WILD ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE SICK OR ACTING STRANGELY. A WOMAN IN LINCOLN COUNTY WAS RECENTLY BITTEN BY A FOX THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST CASE IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR OF A RABID ANIMAL BITING A HUMAN. THE WOMAN HAS NOW BEGUN RABIES TREATMENTS.
