Read the following context and answer the question.
Context: We were afraid it had rabies and called the police . It seemed like the right thing to do at the time . I do n't remember if it had rabies or not , but it was a small town , the kind of place where police were used to calls like that . Why i remembered : it was walking strangely .
Question: What was it they feared was infected with rabies ?
Answer:


They were concerned that a dog in the town had rabies .