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FROM PAGE 2 guidelines. Funding comes from cityissued citations. e fund helps with economic losses for victims, applicants skunk is seen during daylight hours acting strangely or aggressively or lying on the ground experiencing loss of motor skills it could be sick. or guardians and can cover property damage. Total monetary damages can’t exceed $2,000. ere wasn’t a speci c dollar amount in the revised ordinance; rather, it said the guidelines “may be amended from time to time by approval of the City Council.”

Health o cials urge that domestic animals, such as cats, dogs, horses and livestock should be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Several dozen Weld County residents over the past several years had animal-tohuman contact infections that required rabies immune globulin and vaccine treatments.

According to o cials, people should not feed, touch or handle wild animals and dogs, cats horses and livestock should be vaccinated regularly by a licensed veterinarian. New puppies and kittens that live outdoors should be monitored closely until receiving the rabies vaccine and for 28 days after. e rabies virus a ects the nervous systems causing brain and spinal cord in ammation that is fatal. It’s transmitted by an infected animal through a bite or contact with an open wound, or scratch. If exposed to rabies, contact a medical provider immediately to start treatment before symptoms appear. According to health o cials, there have not been any reported human rabies deaths in Weld County.