Pima County health officials are urging people to vaccinate their pets after two animals in Southern Arizona tested positive for rabies within the past week.
A dog tested positive for the disease near the Cochise county line, and a fox was found to be rabid near Catalina, according to a press release from the Pima Animal Care Center.
There have been 61 cases of rabies reported in Pima County this year, including 40 bats and 18 skunks, the press release stated.
As of Wednesday, 162 cases had been reported statewide.
The record for rabies cases in a year in Arizona is 169 animals in 2005.
Health officials want to remind people to exercise extreme caution when confronted by an aggressive animal.
For more information, call 243-5900 or visit www.pimaanimalcare.org.
