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Does anyone find things a bit out of the ordinary when a woman tried to comfort a skunk after it had an altercation with a dog? Rabies positive or rabies negative, comforting a skunk sounds like a bad, bad idea to me.

Rabid Skunk Bites Bergen County Woman

Aug 25, 2005 11:02 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS)
(WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.)

Officials say a skunk that bit a woman in Bergen County tested positive for rabies.

The woman had tried to comfort the animal after it had an altercation with a dog in Woodcliff Lake.

Officials say the woman, whose name was not released, had to seek treatment.

It's the third animal diagnosed with rabies in the county this year.