A raccoon in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies June 8 after a fatal tussle Jun 1with a dog in the vicinity of White Cross Road.
A resident of the area came home to find his dog smeared with blood and the raccoon dead in his driveway. The resident kept the raccoon in his freezer until he turned it over to Orange County Animal Control.
North Carolina law requires that the dog be euthanized since it did not have a rabies vaccination.