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An angry fox savagely attacks a woman in her garden in New York


Home surveillance cameras recorded the scene.
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An angry fox savagely attacks a woman in her garden in New York


25/08 at 14:50

Update 25/08 at 14:41

Was a woman attacked by an angry fox while on the phone in her garden in Ithaca? in the state of New York in the United States.

The video is scary. A fox is seen sneaking into a woman’s garden and attacking her for no apparent reason on several occasions as she fights fiercely.

The scene, of astonishing violence, lasts about thirty seconds, and the animal escapes only when a neighbor comes to help the victim.

The images were captured on 25 July by surveillance cameras and posted on Facebook by the husband of the attacked woman, before being shared again on Tuesday 23 August on Twitter by Ed Russo, a meteorologist. CBS News 21 and cousin of the victim.

“He was a beautiful animal and I didn’t want to hurt him, but unfortunately I had no choice but to defend myself, because he wouldn’t let me go”says in the video, as deleted, but posted by Daily mail.

The fox was angry

After a new attack on Ithaca, New York State in the United States, the fox was captured and then killed. Tests confirmed he had anger. “My cousin is fine, she was treated immediately” Ed Russo said on Twitter.

The rabies virus is present in the saliva of infected animals. The incubation period lasts from a few days to a few months and the disease “infects the nervous system and affects its functioning”specifies the Pasteur Institute.

Once the signs are declared (difficulty swallowing, anxiety, agitation, involuntary spasms …), evolution is coma then death “in a few hours or a few days”. “Apart from a few cases described, the outcome is always fatal when the disease is declared”.

In France in 2019, 3,625 people received rabies treatment, consisting mainly of vaccine inoculation. Around the world, 59,000 people die of rage every year, mainly in Asia and Africa.

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