Fox shot after attacking 2 in Mass.

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Fox shot after attacking 2 in Mass.

By CBS 3 Springfield News

Story Published: Aug 10, 2009 at 7:56 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 10, 2009 at 7:56 PM EST

WHITMAN, Mass. (AP) - Police say an animal control officer has
shot and wounded a fox suspected of biting a woman on the buttocks
and tearing into the sneaker of a teenager in southeastern
Massachusetts.

Officer Robert Stokinger says the fox was shot and fled into the
woods Monday. He said police officers who pursued the animal did
not immediately find it.

A fox bit the woman as she was waxing her car on Franklin Street
in Whitman shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday. She was given a series of
precautionary rabies shots.

Several hours later, a fox also attacked a teenager on Winter
Street, tearing into his sneaker but not piercing his foot.

Police say they suspect a single, sick fox is responsible for
the daylight attacks since the animals are normally skittish around
people.

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