{"id":18393,"date":"2026-05-26T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=18393"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:50:47","slug":"18393-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/18393-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Officials Seek Public\u2019s Help Finding Dog That Bit Person in Newport News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong>: Mary Wainwright, Environmental Health Manager,<br \/>\n(757) 508-0970<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Health Officials Seek Public\u2019s Help Finding Dog That Bit Person in Newport News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEWPORT NEWS, Va. &#8211; The Hampton and Peninsula Health Districts are looking for a small gray, tan and black American pit bull terrier that bit a person near the 900 block of Shore Drive in Newport News on Friday, May 22.<\/p>\n<p>If the dog is not found, the victim may have to undergo post-exposure treatment (shots) to prevent rabies. Once found, the dog <u>will not be taken away from its owner<\/u>, only placed on an in-home confinement period of 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has seen an animal that fits this description in this area is asked to contact the appropriate Animal Control Office listed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hampton:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>757-727-6111<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newport News\/Poquoson:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>757-595-7387<\/p>\n<p><strong>Williamsburg\/JCC:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>757-565-0370 (daytime); 757-253-1800 (evenings, weekends, holidays)<\/p>\n<p><strong>York County:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>757-890-3601<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report all bite exposures.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy wildlife from a distance.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure family pets are vaccinated and protected against rabies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Virginia state law requires that dogs and cats be vaccinated between 3 and 4 months of age and thereafter to maintain protection against rabies. Please contact your veterinarian for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, 2026 Media Contact: Mary Wainwright, Environmental Health Manager, (757) 508-0970 &nbsp; Health Officials Seek Public\u2019s Help Finding Dog That Bit Person in Newport News NEWPORT NEWS, Va. &#8211; The Hampton and Peninsula Health Districts are looking for a small gray, tan and black American pit bull terrier that bit a person near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":0,"parent":16853,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1724,1056,34],"class_list":["post-18393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-environmental-health-manager-mary-wainwright","tag-hampton-and-peninsula-health-districts","tag-rabies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Health Officials Seek Public\u2019s Help Finding Dog That Bit Person in Newport News - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/2026-regional-news-releases\/18393-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health Officials Seek Public\u2019s Help Finding Dog That Bit Person in Newport News - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 26, 2026 Media Contact: Mary Wainwright, Environmental Health Manager, (757) 508-0970 &nbsp; 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