According to the state health department records online in 2007 Texas
had 32 confirmed rabies cases reported from foxes (mostly to the west in
the desert region which I border), but at least six of those were from
my region, one from a contingent county, but none from my county. In
looking through the past three years of data, it looks like one out of
four to six reported fox bites in Texas is rabid. Most rabies cases in
my county are bats, one of the world's largest populations is within
seven miles of my house. 2008 stats aren't posted online yet.
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