On February 3, 2023, the Stafford County Health Department confirmed that a gray and white colored, tabby cat collected on Jan 30, 2023 from the 400 block of Widewater Road in Stafford County was positive for rabies.
Number of surrendered dogs falls to 5-year low
Not since 2017 has the Stafford County Animal Shelter seen so few dogs surrendered by their owners.
The shelter reports taking in 129 dogs during the first six months of 2021, a total of 33 fewer animals than the previous year at the height of the pandemic.
A total of 300 dogs were surrendered to the shelter during the first six months of 2017. during the first six months of 2018 and 2019, the numbers were 231 and 172, respectively.
“The decrease has been substantial,” said Stafford County Animal Control Capt. Mike Null.
He praised the public and his shelter staff for getting out the word on the importance of having pets spayed and neutered. Animals adopted from the facility must be spayed or neutered, and the county works with area veterinarians to provide the service at a discount, said Null.
6 displaced, cats killed after house fire near Fredericksburg
Updated at February 24, 2021 - Press Release Submitted photo [SCFR]
Just after 5 p.m. on Monday, February 22, units with Stafford County Fire and Rescue (SCFR) responded for a reported structure fire in the 600 block of West Rocky Run Road in the southern part of the county, near Fredericksburg.
First arriving units arrived seven minutes later to find smoke coming from all sides of a single-family home.
All of the occupants who were home at the time self-evacuated prior to the arrival of units and denied any injury. Several animals were removed from the house prior to arrival as well.