The angry fox bites the leg of a woman in New York

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the essentials in short

• A woman is on the phone in her garden in New York when a fox sneaks up on her.
• He bites her leg and doesn’t let go when the woman throws him to the ground.
• Later it turns out that the fox has anger.

A woman is standing in her garden, on the phone, the sun is shining. A fox sneaks up on the unsuspecting woman from behind and bites her! A video shared on Twitter by Ed Russo, a meteorologist for the US broadcaster CBS, shows the fight that lasted almost a minute. He has since deleted the tweet, but the brutal video made headlines around the world.

The woman defends herself from the fox, kicks him, throws him to the ground, throws him in the air by the tail. But the fox doesn’t let her go, she bites her calf and her hand.

Only when a man runs to help with a stick does the fox give up and disappear.

Fox was angry

This behavior, very atypical for foxes, was then clarified: as the “New York Post” writes, the same fox attacked another person shortly after. After the attack, he was killed and taken to the laboratory for examination. There it turned out that the fox had contracted anger.

The victim is fine now.

Rabies is an infectious disease that causes encephalitis in infected animals, leading to behavioral changes. Animals often become aggressive, but some also become docile and retreat.

Have you ever seen a fox in the wild?

If a person is bitten by a rabid animal, encephalitis can also be caused here. An infection can be fatal after a few weeks if not treated in time.

Switzerland has been free of anger since 1998.