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August 15, 2007

Fox tests positive for rabies in Hopkinton

HOPKINTON -- Police shot a fox over the weekend that tested positive for rabies. A man, who was previously bitten by a fox, is being treated for rabies as a precaution.

Philip Scalise, 49, of 16 Esta’s Way, told police he was bitten by a fox twice Sunday afternoon, first as he took out his trash and then as he showed an officer where the original incident occurred.

The fox ran away before the officer could do anything. Minutes later, another patrol officer shot a wandering fox on nearby Collins Road.

The state Department of Health tested that fox and found it had rabies. Scalise, a former town councilman and member of the Zoning Board of Review, will be treated for rabies as a precaution.

The DOH regularly tests for rabies wildlife when there is human or pet contact, said a spokeswoman for the department, Andrea Bagnall Degos.

-- Journal staff writer Maria Armental

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