>>Now what I think is scary is that your neighbor let his dog out after the fox. I'm guessing a lot of people down there don't know or realize that foxes are a HIGH rabies risk animal? The lack of fear in the animal should have been the first sign that there was a possible rabies risk...he should have been yelling at the kids to get inside and away from the fox - not putting his own dog and other people (like yourself) at risk by letting it chase it. Just this year in our area, a rabid fox attacked a child (bit him on the leg) and then chased him and his family into their house.. took them a while to trap the fox in one of the bedrooms. The kid of course had to go through all the nasty shots.

I didn't mention that the neighbor who let his dog out is the idiot hillbilly neighbor who thinks feeding a penny to your dog once a year will keep it from ever having worms. He's also the one who thinks that in Gaines County TX the kingsnakes & rattlesnakes are interbreeding "so now yah cain't tayall which wuns is poisonious"
ROFL!!

I realize that yes foxes do come out in daytime sometimes but ya know Animal Services harps on the fact that if you're seeing animals that usually only hunt at night out hunting in daylight, there's yer ferst CUH-LUE!
Naaa nobody around us here on this street seems to have a bit of common sense in their heads. 10 years or so ago we had a neighbor on the other side of us who told me about seeing a fox outside in his backyard & it almost came to him when he called it. I'm like uh excuse me? WHY would you DO that?
Here we are in a state that was once the only state in the US that was rabies quarantined & you people don't have any idea what that means?
I think they really don't! I've had the rabies vaccines because of a dog bite when I was a little kid- 3 years old. I don't remember every detail but I do remember it, it was not pleasant.
Some people chastise me for vaccinating my dog yearly instead of every 3. Well tough, chastise me all you want but I'm taking no chances, we have skunks, coyotes, & bats around here too, not to mention feral cats- all animals with high potential for carrying rabies.
Anyway, someone told me a story about their large sulcata being outside & that a coon or something chewed it up badly- killed it so I think I need to speak with Animal Services & find out if they can trap some foxes for us.
They have said in the past that they trap then release animals like that into other locations.. I don't know if it's true or not & need to find out.
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PHRatz

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