Aggressive animal in Queensbury being tested for rabies

Aggressive animal in Queensbury being tested for rabies

Warren County officials and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are looking into whether an aggressive animal, a fisher who bit at least three people, was rabid.

Warren County officials and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are looking into whether an aggressive animal, a fisher who bit at least three people, was rabid.

Two people were bitten by an animal while walking in Hudson Pointe Nature Preserve in Queensbury, according to Warren County Public Health staff. One person had dogs with them.

No one was seriously hurt, but one person needed medical treatment.

DEC found an aggressive fisher and killed it on Wednesday afternoon.

The fisher also bit someone involved in the search.