Rabid raccoon killed in Panama City

PANAMA CITY -- A raccoon killed in the neighborhood between State Avenue and Stanford Road north of 23^rd Street in Panama City has tested positive for rabies.

This is Bay County’s fifth laboratory confirmed rabid raccoon of 2014. A rabid raccoon was captured two weeks ago in the area of East 17^th Street and East Avenue in the Cedar Grove area. In February, a rabid raccoon was captured near Ninth Street and Minnesota Avenue in Lynn Haven and a rabid raccoon was killed on De Len Drive in the High Point area. In January, a rabid raccoon was killed near Eighth Street and Arkansas Avenue in Lynn Haven.