Alabama officials say two people have been bitten by foxes, and concerns about such attacks and rabies are growing.
The state Department of Public Health tells news outlets in a Monday statement that both bites were reported in Robertsdale.A fox attacked a teenager and her dog at a park Friday.
The next day one attacked a man as he sat in his wheelchair outside his apartment. Both were being treated at a hospital.
The statement says officials believe it was the same fox in both attacks.
A Robertsdale animal control officer caught a fox, which died.
It was taken to a laboratory for rabies testing, but the results have not been confirmed.
The statement says five people in Baldwin County have been bitten by rabid foxes since May 21.
(Associated Press, copyright 2018)
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