A rabid cat had to be euthanized after it bit three people in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

The cat, described as a stray grey tabby was captured and destroyed by the town’s department of public health.

The three who were bitten by the cat have begun a course of injections to keep the fatal disease from taking hold.

After attacking the three pedestrians, the cat turned on a dog that was being walked by one of the victims. The dog is being kept in quarantine for 45 days to ensure that it has not been infected.

Local health officials have asked any one in the local area who may have been scratched or bitten by an animal, to report to the Board of Health Office immediately, in an attempt to contain any further potential outbreaks.