BRUNSWICK — Police say the fox killed by an officer Friday after attacking four people has tested positive for rabies. Cmdr. Mark Waltz said police got the test results Tuesday morning from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Friday shortly after 3:30 p.m., police were notified that a five-year-old girl on Moody Road had […]
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New fox attacks intensify rabies scare in Brunswick and midcoast
Brunswick police say a 5-year-old girl, three adults and a dog were attacked and injured by a fox Friday afternoon on Moody Road, the latest in a series of encounters with rabid animals in Brunswick and the midcoast this summer. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has counted 42 confirmed cases of rabies […]
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Brunswick police warn of a ‘widespread rabies epidemic’
Brunswick police on Tuesday said there appears to be a “widespread rabies epidemic” in the city after a fourth confirmed case of the disease. Police were notified this week that a fourth wild animal has tested positive for rabies in the past three weeks. A rabid animal — a fox — attacked a man who […]
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95-year-old Brunswick man clubs rabid fox in his yard
BRUNSWICK — A 95-year-old man used a broken plank to fend off a rabid fox on Monday. Robert Galen is the third person in Brunswick to grapple with a rabid fox in the last 10 days. Two residents were attacked on June 17. That fox was killed by a police officer. Galen has lived in his […]
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Street Talk: Not today, rabies
LISBON — You’ll never hear Mr. James Ross bragging about killing the rabid fox with a meat cleaver in his kitchen. It’s a London-esque tale of quick thinking and self-preservation, but the 82-year-old isn’t crowing about it because the way he sees it, the ending is a sad one. “I’ve lived with animals all my […]
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Two Brunswick residents attacked by rabid fox
A rabid fox attacked a Brunswick woman who was retrieving her mail Sunday, and then bit a neighbor who came to her aid. “A fox charged her and actually attacked her — bit her on the hand and both legs fairly severely,” said Animal Control Officer Heidi Nelson. “A neighbor saw what was happening, came […]