The USDA is conducting its annual oral rabies vaccination program across western North Carolina this month.
Helicopters will distribute rabies vaccine baits in Burnsville, Mars Hill and the greater Asheville area from October 9th through the 13th.
Then, from October 15th through the 22nd, low-flying aircraft will distribute more than 600,000 baits across 17 western North Carolina counties, including Yancey and Mitchell counties…