Rabid Bobcat attacks woman in NY

[88GW]

PUTNAM — Authorities said a bobcat that pounced onto a 49-year-old woman at the door to her Washington County home tested positive for rabies.

Cindy Bowman told The Post-Star of Glens Falls (http://www.poststar.com ) that the attack occurred last Thursday as she was letting her dog into her home in the town of Putnam, located between the northern end of Lake George and the Vermont border.

Bowman said the bobcat latched onto her face and bit or scratched her head, shoulder, arms and thigh. The bobcat then went after her daughter's boyfriend, Nate Nadeau, who shot and killed the animal.

The bobcat later tested positive for rabies. Bowman and Nadeau are undergoing a series of shots for the disease.

State environmental conservation officials said bobcat attacks on humans are extremely rare.

Information from: The Post-Star, http://www.poststar.com

 

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Post-Star-Woman-attacked-injured-by-rabid-bobcat-5054644.php

[burmjohn]

Thats crazy. 

[silent death]

Wow...I've never heard of a bobcat getting rabies

[growalot]

Hey..... but there's no reason to own a gun for self defense in NYS...animals like Bob cats...yotes  are always shy and elusive...

[Doewhacker]

Grow have you been attacked by a bobcat?

 

 

Scary situation for those folks.

[growalot]

Thanks for ass king Doewhacker......no I have not....

[Doewhacker]

It was a serious question, the way you worded your post I thought maybe you had needed a gun in a simular situation.

[growalot]

Oppose.....I'd change that but...dang  the Kindle program  finally got it's  corrections right this time!   Hahahaha

[silent death]

Lol I've never seen a bobcat in the woods while i was hunting...what gun ownership has to do with anything .....i don't know where that came from lol but according to the ass clows that run this state they don't want anybody having a squirtgun lol and god for bid if your kid draws a gun in art class on a piece of paper....

Edited December 11, 2013 by coyote killer

[growalot]

That's too bad...for they are an absolutely beautiful animal .....for the rest...you answered it...

[Doewhacker]

Grow if Im the assking does that mean you will be my queen? lol

 

The one time I ask you a serious question....haha

[silent death]

Lol

[growalot]

see what happens to the boy that cried wolf?....seriously it was the kindle auto correct...just to funny to let it go....though it then started translating to ..I think Danish or German?....found controls and turned it off

[Doewhacker]

I love auto correct sometimes, not when I text an employee and it corrects a sentence to include the word sex..lol I almost died.

[growalot]

Lol...

[Doc]

I once heard that the antidote for rabies was a series of shots in the stomach over a couple of weeks. Anyone have any first hand knowledge of the process? Frankly that sounds pretty gross if that is true. Of course it's better than the alternatives.

[growalot]

3 shots to the arm now  I believe...but sometimes there are bad reactions...and that is very bad...neighbor friend had such a problem..... after a rabid bat got into their bedroom and bit her....had it not woken her husband and he killed it...she would not have known she'd been bitten...of course until it was too late....

[Cabin Fever]

I got the post exposure rabies vaccine  ~8 years ago. I got 6 shots (arms, thighs, and ass) the first day, then 2-4 more shots over the next month (maybe 1-2/wk?). 

[growalot]

OK...worse than I  thought...is the 3 just the vaccine that you can get...like your pet vaccine?

[growalot]

never mind I found it.....

 

 

Dose ScheduleTop

Pre-exposure rabies vaccines are administered by a series of three injections:

• The first dose may be given at any time
• The second dose should be given seven days later
• The third dose should be given 21 or 28 days after the first dose
• Booster doses of vaccine are recommended every two years for those individuals who continue to be at increased risk of contracting rabies to maintain protective antibody levels. People that work with live rabies virus in laboratory settings should be tested every six months to ensure that they have adequate antibody levels, and receive boosters as necessary.

 

[thphm]

Grow. ? Did you have your surgery yet ?.

[growalot]

yes....stuck in house.....knee is clicking and cracking worse than before... and I have been very good...though I  am a cross between a kick boxer and a rotisserie chicken when I sleep at night...so a bit sore in the morning...I have a call into the surgeon to see if this is normal...Mr B is driving me nuts with..." Call the Dr." ...

Edited December 11, 2013 by growalot

[growalot]

So Dr. called back...just swelling ...and crutches are basically for safety...in case it  gives out on me...Aaaaahhhh....that will get Mr. B out of my ear...lol

[Pygmy]

Good luck and a quick recovery, Growie.

A friend of mine had to get the rabies series last year. He saw a kitten with a can stuck on it's head.. Mr Good Deeds decided to rescue the poor unfortunate critter..

He pulled the can off the cat's head and it bit the HELL out of his hand and ran off.

The kitty couldn't be located to be checked for rabies, so my friend John had to get the rabies shots.

Of course his buddies, me included ,didn't HARRASS him about it....Hehehehehe.

[growalot]

Thanks...ya.... my kids drive me crazy...my daughter is like a baby wild critter magnet...cat we have now was a dumped kitten ...you'd think from the rabies scares I've had over the years they'd be smarter...lol

 

I'm glad  he told me the crutches were purely safety and not weight bearing...What a PIA they have been...though when I go down to get the mail tomorrow,,,first time out...I will have at least one crutch...that is...if Mr B plows... Monday is my follow up...I can't wait to get the green light for the elliptical again...it's been collecting dust way too long