A raccoon killed in Sarasota’s Bee Ridge area tested positive for rabies, the Florida Deptartment of Health in Sarasota ...

The Florida Department of Health is currently monitoring rabies among wild animals in Sarasota County. This comes after a ...

Rabies was found in a raccoon in the Bee Ridge area just outside the Sarasota city limit. The Florida Department of Health-Sarasota County is monitoring.

The injured resident "has since received immediate medical care and post-exposure prophylaxis" for rabies — which is transferable to humans — the health department said in a news release.