A skunk later found to have rabies got into an altercation with two dogs in a Cherry Hill backyard on Feb. 20.
Taken to Medford Wildlife Refuge Center, the animal was euthanized and transferred to the New Jersey Public Health and Environmental Laboratories in Trenton, which informed the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services that the animal had tested positive for rabies.
The township residents whose backyard the skunk was found in were also notified of possible rabies. Colleen Tanzola, a communicable diseases investigator with the county, said the animal was sick enough for the residents to transport it to the refuge themselves without incident…