Rabies PreventionAdvice Urged by Area Health Officials
Area health officials urge residents to vaccinate all dogs cats ferrets and farm animals against rabies. Avoid contact with wild animals and stray dogs or cats. Do not feed wild animals or strays and eliminate outdoor food sources. Secure garbage containers and keep pets confined to property.
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Irwin
Sale
Humane Society
Mercer County Health Department
National Center For Disease Control
West Virginia Health Department
Mercer County
Health officials warn of rabies on the rise locally
Mercer County health officers warn of rabies through active surveillance after four confirmed cases last year and none so far in 2002. They urge public help locating suspicious carnivores like raccoons, coyotes, foxes, and skunks while stressing vaccination for pets and cautious handling of roadkill.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Mike Sale
Doris Irwin
Florida
Irwin
McDowell
Summers
Monroe
Raleigh
Cumberland Plateau Health District
John Dreyzehner
Animal Control Agency
Dreyzehner
Cumberland Plateau
Jack Wycoff
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bdttonline
Virginia General Assembly backs Sanitary Board bill
The Virginia General Assembly passed SB-682 to require Bluefield Sanitary Board rate increases to be approved by the Virginia SCC. Senator Phillip P. Puckett said the measure will apply when the board seeks new rates, with Warner expected to sign. The bill follows years of joint Virginia-West Virginia water management and scrutiny over legal and financial matters on the Bluefield boards.
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Bluefield
Virginia General Assembly
Sanitary Board of
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
Senate
House
Puckett
Bill King
J.C. Higginbotham
Jim Spencer
Tazewell County
Ron Crabtree
Sanitary Board
Norris Kantor
King Higginbotham
Spencer Puckett
W.va
Warner
Bluefields
Environmental Protection Agency
Westside
King
Higginbotham and
Spencer
West Virginia
Virginia
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Mercer County Humane Society
Aaron Ferguson
Kim Wolfe
Mike Sales
General Assembly
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