Officials say fox problem 'stopped immediately.'
Borough officials said today that foxes spotted around town by many residents toward the early part of the year have not been seen in quite some time. At least one of the foxes, which was killed by borough police, was rabid. "The calls, the concerns from the public and all, it started rapidly and it just stopped immediately," said borough Environmental Health Specialist Bill Faitoute. "We've had no calls. Everything has been quiet." The troubles began Christmas Eve when a fox bit a boy on Inwood Circle. The same fox then bit a man on Edgehill Avenue on Christmas Day. After the incident on Edgehill Avenue, the animal was shot and killed by borough police. Its remains were taken to Trenton, where it tested positive for rabies. The positive …
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The fox was reportedly seen at about 1:45 p.m.
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- Zach Subar
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
UPDATE: 9:39 a.m. A fox spotted in the parking lot of the Town Square shops in the borough Thursday afternoon at about 1:45 p.m. left the scene before police arrived. Chatham Borough Police Detective/Sgt. Michael Bochniak said the fox was gone by the time police made their way to the scene. No other police action was taken with regard to the animal. A photo obtained by Chatham Patch documents the fox's presence in the parking lot off of Roosevelt Avenue. In the photo, at right, the fox appears as a small brown animal in the parking lot's center. There has been considerable anxiety in the Chatham community since a rabid fox bit two people over Christmas in December. Borough police shot and killed that fox, and then shot another fox in …
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Chtags
10:54 pm on Friday, June 4, 2010
Probably the same one I spotted in my neighbors backyard on Washington Ave several weeks ago. more ›