A North Carolina family said they hired a mobile petting zoo for a private gathering and later learned that baby goats at the event were part of a confirmed rabies investigation. Taty, who posts on TikTok as @tatyyv, shared a first-person video of a man receiving an injection in a hospital room. On-screen text in the clip read, “POV: You hire a petting zoo for a family event… and weeks later your entire family and guest are getting rabies shots.” The video, which showed one of the shots, has gained 2.9 million views, 309,400 likes, and more than 4,500 comments. Additional on-screen text said, “Please don’t take our laughing the wrong way. we’re stressed, overwhelmed, and honestly using humor to cope with how crazy this situation is.” The man in the video, wearing a baseball cap and shorts, lay on a gurney while nurses prepared a syringe for his thigh and arms. Taty wrote in the caption that the event was on August 16 in Durham, North Carolina. She said her family later learned about a confirmed rabies investigation involving baby goats from a mobile petting zoo that attended events during that period. She added that they were working with public health and sharing the post so other families who may have been affected could get information. Farm Adventures listed event dates after four baby goats were euthanized Taty said in a TikTok direct message with Brobible that it had been “a very overwhelming situation” because she and her husband hired the petting zoo and felt guilt for exposing family and guests, even though they said they did not know the goats had been exposed. She stated they were only trying to give guests and children a good time. She said the most stressful part was contacting every guest and urging them to seek treatment after no one from the officials had reached them first. @tatyyv Our event was August 16 in Durham, NC. We later learned about a confirmed rabies investigation involving baby goats from a mobile petting zoo that attended events during that time. We are working with Public Health and sharing this so other potentially affected families can get information. If you, your family, friends, or anyone you know attended an event with Farm Adventures in North Carolina between July 27th and August 28th, please contact your local health department ASAP and ask if you may need rabies post-exposure treatment/shots. #nc#mobilepettingzoo#rabies#ncrabies ♬ original sound – Taty’ She said they found out they were among the first to start rabies treatment and the first to tell health officials they had contact with the goats. Taty added that she felt more for people exposed earlier who might still not know. She said she hoped the posts would reach anyone who came into contact with goats from Farm Adventures so they would contact their local health department and ask about post-exposure treatment. A later TikTok photo post from Taty displayed a screenshot of a Facebook announcement from Farm Adventures titled “Important Update from Our Farm.” The farm said it regretted to inform clients that new baby goats had contracted rabies. It stated it was working with public health officials, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, and animal control. The post said the four baby goats, Molly, Maggie, Cow, and Uno, had been euthanized to prevent further spread and that remaining animals would be monitored. The farm said the baby goats were kept in a separate pen and were too young to receive vaccinations. It stated a skunk entered the pen, was removed, and bit the goats without the owners knowing. “WE HAD NO CLUE THE GOATS HAD GOTTEN BIT,” the post said. It added that the goats showed no signs or symptoms of rabies. The farm said a veterinarian later sent a body for a necropsy. BroBible reported that the petting zoo later took down its website and Facebook page. Farm Adventures owner Misty Love told CNN, “I care about my community, and I care about my customers. If my customers that saw my animals have questions, I’m going to be there for them.” In a follow-up TikTok video, Taty showed footage from the August 16 private event. On-screen text said the clip was for people asking whether the goats with confirmed rabies were showing symptoms. The video showed Taty sitting on grass in a light pink shirt and denim shorts while small goats stood on their hind legs and nuzzled her. A young man in a white shirt held another goat inside a fenced pen. Taty smiled as the animals interacted with her. She wrote that the skunk presumed to have given the goats rabies got into their pen sometime between July 27 and July 28. She then listed known potential exposure dates and locations. Those included Jurney’s Assisted Living in Statesville on July 28, a private event in Mecklenburg County on July 30, and a back-to-school bash in Lexington on August 1. She also named Brookdale Peachtree in Statesville on August 6, private events in Watauga and Burke counties on August 8 and 9, and the Masonic Picnic Grounds in Mocksville on August 15. The Durham private event was August 16, with later private events in Iredell and Durham counties on August 22 and 23. @tatyyv The skunk that was presumed to have given them the rabies got into the goats pen sometime between July 27th and July 28th. If you, your family, friends, or anyone you know attended an event with Farm Adventures in North Carolina between July 27th and August 28th, please contact your local health department ASAP and ask if you may need rabies post-exposure treatment/shots. Known potential exposure dates and locations include: * July 28: Jurney’s Assisted Living, 1942 Van Haven Drive, Statesville in Iredell County * July 30: Private event in Mecklenburg County * Aug. 1: Community Connections Back-to-School Bash, Breeden Amphitheater, 333 S. Main St., Lexington in Davidson County * Aug. 6: Brookdale Peachtree, 2806 Peachtree Road, Statesville in Iredell County * Aug. 8: Private event in Watauga County * Aug. 9: Private event in Burke County * Aug. 15: Masonic Picnic Grounds, 201 Poplar St., Mocksville in Davie County * Aug. 16: Private event in Durham County * Aug. 22: Private event in Iredell County * Aug. 23: Private event in Durham County #nc#ncrabies#animals#rabies#mobilepettingzoo ♬ suara asli – 𝙑𝙞𝙨.𝙘𝙤 – 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 BroBible reported that rabies is usually passed through an animal’s saliva when it contacts an open wound, abrasion, or mucous membranes such as the eyes or mouth, and that infection often follows a bite. According to the World Health Organization, post-exposure care can include wound washing, a vaccine course, and immunoglobulin or monoclonal antibodies when indicated. It also reported that rabies becomes fatal once the virus reaches the central nervous system and clinical symptoms appear. Taty repeated in her captions that anyone who attended a Farm Adventures event in North Carolina between July 27 and August 28 should contact their local health department as soon as possible and ask whether they may need rabies post-exposure treatment or shots. Animal encounters can carry unexpected dangers, as a zoo vet once faced a patient with cyanide nail art. Viewers used the comments to describe similar experiences and to question costs and responsibility. One commenter said they would send the bill to the zoo and post warnings in local Facebook groups. Another wrote that they also hired the same company for a child’s birthday and that 22 people from that party, including two of their own children, had to get vaccinated. A third commenter asked about the timeline, writing that the poster said three weeks later and that rabies “can unalive you in days.” Others said the petting zoo should face a large bill and stay on top of animal health, while one asked why the rabies vaccine costs about $10 for animals but $15,000 for humans. Rabies can be fatal, as when an 11-year-old Ontario boy died after a bat landed on his face while he slept.