The Mecklenburg County Health Department on Tuesday issued a warning for residents along Kimberly Road in Davidson after a rabid deer was discovered in the area. According to the Health Department, the deer may have been nursing a fawn, and that fawn also may be rabid.
A healthy animal or human can get rabies when bitten, licked or scratched by a sick animal. Click here for ways to protect yourself from Rabies, as well as guidelines for what to do if you or a pet is exposed to Rabies.
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
To report an incident involving a rabid animal:
- Call Animal Care and Control, at 704-336-3786 or 311.
- Call the Health Department, at 704-336-6440.
We saw the deer in my parents’ backyard on Churchill Road in Davidson on Saturday night. The mother has a large wound on her back, near her left hip – it appeared she had perhaps been hit by a car – as she was having difficulty walking/standing at times. She is actually nursing two fawn, so if authorities are trying to track them down, they should look for not one, but two babies. It was very sad and tender to watch the mother attempt to care for her young in such an injured state….Her back left leg crumpled underneath her after one fawn nursed and she fell to the ground for a few minutes…nevertheless, she rose and trotted off to follow her young.