ACS responded to more than 4,800 dog bites in an 18-month timeframe, and we've mapped them out by zip code for you.
SAN ANTONIO - ACS responded to more than 4,800 dog bites in an 18-month timeframe, and we've mapped them out by zip code to show you where dog bites were most likely to occur.We obtained this data through an open records request to the City of San Antonio's Animal Care Services .That area includes the Prospect Hill, Gardendale, Avenida Guadalupe, Collins Garden, and Brady Gardens neighborhoods.
The ACS website states that any time a warm-blooded animal bites or scratches a person, there is a danger that the animal is infected with rabies.Call 311 at 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000 immediately so we can capture/quarantine the animal. Regardless of vaccination status, the biting animal must be quarantined for ten days or humanely euthanized.
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