{"id":1536,"date":"2026-08-19T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/?page_id=1536"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:32:52","slug":"prevent-exposure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can protect the health of your family and pets by practicing safe behaviors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure your pets are up to date on their rabies vaccines.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/2023\/03\/Virginia-Guidelines-for-Rabies-Control-and-Prevention.pdf\">See Virginia Guidelines for rabies control.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"woman walking dog\" width=\"263\" height=\"220\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Avoid letting your pets roam freely under no supervision.<\/li>\n<li>Do not leave garbage or food outside that can attract wild animals.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy wild animals from a distance and never keep them as pets.<\/li>\n<li>If you or your pet is bitten by a wild animal, report the incident to your local animal control as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>More information on the rabies virus and steps to control the spread can be found at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/animal-contact-human-health\/rabies-control\/\">Virginia Department of Health website.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can protect the health of your family and pets by practicing safe behaviors: Ensure your pets are up to date on their rabies vaccines.\u00a0See Virginia Guidelines for rabies control. Avoid letting your pets roam freely under no supervision. Do not leave garbage or food outside that can attract wild animals. Enjoy wild animals from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":339,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts<\/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\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can protect the health of your family and pets by practicing safe behaviors: Ensure your pets are up to date on their rabies vaccines.\u00a0See Virginia Guidelines for rabies control. Avoid letting your pets roam freely under no supervision. Do not leave garbage or food outside that can attract wild animals. Enjoy wild animals from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/196\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Picture2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-19T16:32:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/196\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Picture2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/196\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/Picture2.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/prevent-exposure\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prevent Exposure\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts\",\"description\":\"Your friendly local health department!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/hampton-peninsula\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts","og_description":"You can protect the health of your family and pets by practicing safe behaviors: Ensure your pets are up to date on their rabies vaccines.\u00a0See Virginia Guidelines for rabies control. Avoid letting your pets roam freely under no supervision. Do not leave garbage or food outside that can attract wild animals. Enjoy wild animals from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/","og_site_name":"Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/","name":"Prevent Exposure - Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png","datePublished":"2026-08-19T16:32:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/196\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/prevent-exposure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prevent Exposure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/","name":"Hampton &amp; Peninsula Health Districts","description":"Your friendly local health department!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/339"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/hampton-peninsula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}