First rabies case reported in Bath area since 2019-20 outbreak

TIMES RECORD • July 4, 2023

A rabid raccoon was recently found in West Bath, marking the area’s first documented rabies case since an outbreak in 2019-2020 that included several instances of animals attacking people. West Bath Animal Control Officer Todd Stead said he shot and killed the raccoon June 21 on Sea Kiss Point near Hill Road after workers building a house reported the animal acting strangely. State officials tested the animal’s brain and confirmed it had rabies.