HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) confirmed a stray cat in Hopewell connected to multiple attacks tested positive for rabies. Now, one woman is sharing her own run-in with the rabid cat.
Christine Holliday told 8News she was near Oaklawn Boulevard in Hopewell when she was bitten by the rabid cat. What she did leading up to the bite is what VDH is now warning others not to do.
VDH described the animal as a female black cat, missing fur on the top of its head and weighing six to eight pounds. Holliday said she’d seen the cat prior to the incident on Feb. 20, but that day it seemed like it was in distress…