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Woman bit by rabid fox in Cohoes

Posted at: 03/01/2013 12:11 PM
Updated at: 03/01/2013 4:48 PM
By: WNYT Staff

COHOES - Cohoes residents are being alerted after a woman was bitten by a rabid fox.

Albany County's Department of Health and Cohoes Police are asking residents in the Jefferson Avenue/ Lansing Park area of Cohoes to be on the look-out for stray animals acting strangely.

They say a woman was bitten by a grey fox that was later tested and discovered to be rabid.

Residents should avoid contact with such animals and call 911 right away.