Show Rabies Alarm Sounded Here HereAfter HereAfter After Incident A rabies alarm was sounded sounded soun soun- ded In Moab this week when a squirrel which recently bit a Moab youngster was proven rabid In tests test This is tho 3rd rabid wild animal animal ani ani- mal found In the tho Moab area during the past two weeks according to Dr Fred Beyeler Beye- Beye lor ler The most recent victim was Steven Zimmerman son of Mr and Mrs John Zimmerman who was was bitten bitten bit bit- ten ton by a squirrel on on the Tho The squirrel died the next day and the tho series of rabies shots were started on the boy immediately The squirrel was sent to the State Department of Health where tests proved It to be rabid Dr Beyeler said since a rabid bat and fox have been found at one end of the valley valley val vat ley lay and the rei rel at the other end It may be assumed the rabies outbreak outbreak out out- break is general among wild animals throughout Moab valley Children are warned not notto notto notto to play with or attempt to catch any wild animal bats squirrels skunks and other animals are lre vulnerable to the di di- di sease Above all ail parents patents should caution tl chil ehli- children dren to report any bite they receive from an animal Rabies Rabies Rabies Ra Ra- bies are fatal without the shots per cent curable if shots are arc started in time Dr Beyeler said an at at- at attempt tempt would be made to get a government trapper for this area In an effort to determine the extent of rabies In the valley Meantime Meantime Mean Mean- time residents aro are cautioned caution caution- ed to secure rabies shots for household pets |