Second fox attack in Southern Pines, one tests positive for rabies

Local authorities are warning Southern Pines residents to stay alert after two fox attacks in two consecutive days.
Posted 7/9/2025, 12:18:00 AM Updated 7/9/2025, 1:00:08 AM

COULD TAKE WEEKS BEFORE THEY'RE

ABLE TO REOPEN. RYAN.

>> HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE

CENTER, SOME BREAKING NEWS FOR

MOORE COUNTY TO FOX ATTACKS

IN SOUTHERN PINES OVER THE PAST

FEW DAYS. AND WE'VE LEARNED

THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE

ATTACKS, THE FOX HAS TESTED

POSITIVE FOR RABIES. THE FIRST

ATTACK CAME ON SATURDAY AS A

WOMAN WAS RUNNING ALONG DUNCAN

ROAD.

>> SHE WAS BIT IN THE FOX GOT

AWAY. AND THEN ON AGGRESSIVE

FOX STARTED ATTACKING A WOMAN'S

DOG WHILE THEY WERE ON A WALK.

SHE WAS ABLE TO KILL THE FOX

THERE IN CRESTVIEW ROAD AND

THAT FOX HAS TESTED POSITIVE

FOR RABIES. NOW THE SHERIFF

SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH THOSE 2

ATTACKS ARE ONLY ABOUT A HALF

MILE APART, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

TO SAY IF IT WAS THE SAME FOX

INVOLVED IN BOTH ATTACKS.

IF YOU OR YOUR PETS OF HAD ANY

ENCOUNTERS WITH THE FOX IN THAT

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