FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2017
Contact: Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer,
DPHHS, (406) 444-0936
Chuck Council, Communications Specialist,
DPHHS, (406) 444-4391
State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies as summer approaches. Encounters between humans and wild animals often increase in spring and summer months because of the time spent hiking and engaging in other outdoor activities.
From 2010 to 2016, 141 animals submitted for testing to the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) were positive for rabies. Most of the...