Animal
Control Officer:J.M.Eakes
Contact information: 252-542-0807
Rabies Control
- Animal
bites are reported to be health
department from physician offices, hospital
emergency rooms, law enforcement, and
individuals.
- Domestic
animals, that have bitten a person, must
be quarantined for 10 days and, if no
current rabies vaccination certificate can
be presented, the animal must be vaccinated
prior to being released.
- Wild
animals, that have bitten a person or
domestic animal, may pose a serious threat
of rabies transmission. The wild animal
should be killed and the health department
called to collect the head for submission to
the State Laboratory of Public Health.
- Rabies
vaccination clinics, sponsored by the health
department, are held annually each spring.
Schedules are posted in prominent community
businesses and in local newspapers. A fee
is charged for the vaccination.
Donations
Hyde County Animal Control
Shelter appreciates any and all types of
donations.
The county has set up a way
for the shelter to receive donations without the
money going into the general operating fund.
This money will be used for the county animals
housed at the shelter. Checks should be
made out to Hyde County Animal Control, and
directed to the County of Hyde, Finance office,
PO Box 188, Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Non-cash donations should be
taken directly to the Hyde County Animal
Shelter, 9300 North Lake Road, Fairfield, NC
27826.
