McLean, Virginia - Animal control officers in Fairfax
County are warning residents about a possibly rabid fox that bit a woman
Tuesday afternoon in McLean.
According to police, the fox bit and scratched the woman
outside her home in the 1400 block of Laburnum Street. Animal control officers
could not find the fox when they responded to the woman's home.
The fox is described as a red fox with bloody paws and
nose. Police say the fox was last seen on Copely Lane.
Animal control is asking anyone that sees the fox (or any
animals with symptoms that could indicate rabies) to call animal control at
703-691-2131.
