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Raccoon That Attacked Three In Westchester Confirmed To Be Rabid Raccoon That Attacked Three In Westchester Confirmed To Be Rabid
Raccoon That Attacked Three In Westchester Confirmed To Be Rabid The Westchester County Department of Health is alerting residents that a raccoon that was captured after it attacked three people has been confirmed to be rabid.  The department used robocalls on Tuesday, Sept. 10 to notify nearby residents. The first of the attacks in Port Chester occurred on a woman at the corner of Halstead and Madison avenues shortly after 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8.  The raccoon then bit a man nearby on Halstead Avenue, before it attacked another man in a nearby backyard on Willett Avenue.  That man’s father killed the raccoon with a shovel and con…

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