WELLSBURG, N.Y. (WETM) – The Chemung County Health Department is seeking help from the community to locate a dog that bit someone in Wellsburg on the first week of May.
A release from the Chemung County Executive’s Office states that the bite occurred on Wednesday, May 7, around 5 p.m. on Main Street between 4th and 5th streets in Wellsburg. It is noted that the dog was not wearing a collar and ran east toward Terrace Street after biting the victim.
The dog is described as a medium-sized lab or pit bull mix that is brown in color (similar to that of a deer) with longish hair and a long nose.
The health department is asking the owner of the dog, or anyone who may have information on how to contact the owner, to call the health department as soon as possible at 607-737-2019 or 607-737-2044 if calling after hours.
The release states that if the health department can verify that the dog is healthy, it can avoid giving rabies shots to the bite victim.
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