Story by Gabriela Martínez of Spotlight PA
PERRY TOWNSHIP — Pennsylvania’s piecemeal system for animal control left a Berks County family scrambling for answers and assistance when they were attacked by a cat who later tested positive for rabies, a virus that is almost always fatal once symptoms begin.
The state divides responsibility among different agencies. The Pennsylvania Game Commission will assist when wildlife is involved, but not domestic animals or pets. The state Department of Agriculture can offer advice about those animals, but won’t seize, euthanize, or test them…