{"id":1034340,"date":"2026-08-31T05:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034340\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:09:21","slug":"fox-that-may-be-infected-with-rabies-is-roaming-this-nyc-borough-officials-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034340\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox that may be infected with rabies is roaming this NYC borough, officials warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fox that may be infected with rabies is on the loose in a Staten Island nature preserve \u2014 and environmental authorities are urging visitors to beware.<\/p>\n

A safety advisory is in effect at the Mount Loretto Unique Area, a 241-acre nature preserve on the south shore of Staten Island, after a report that a visitor was bitten by a fox on Friday, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RedA safety advisory is in effect at Staten Island\u2019s Mount Loretto Unique Area after a visitor was bitten by a potentially rabid fox. valdisskudre \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cDEC is warning all visitors to be vigilant due to the presence of a fox that may be infected with rabies,\u201d the department said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Visitors should exercise caution and avoid contact with any animals while enjoying the nature preserve, as authorities continue to closely monitor the area for the potentially rabid fox.<\/p>\n

The advisory is in effect for Mount Loretto Unique Area through at least Monday, officials said.<\/p>\n

The encounter comes as troubling city data <\/a>revealed that rabid raccoons invading the city\u2019s outer boroughs have led to 20 total rabies cases already logged across Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island this year \u2014 a pace 57% faster than last year.<\/p>\n

By late August, the\u00a0Big Apple recorded\u00a0five cases in Brooklyn, six in Queens and a whopping nine in Staten Island \u2014 matching the total for all of 2025.<\/p>\n

\"AThe advisory is in effect for Mount Loretto Unique Area through at least Monday, officials said. Michael McWeeney<\/p>\n

Staten Island has recorded 26 confirmed rabies cases since 2022. The borough is the second-highest total in the city behind Queens, which has reported 39 rabies cases, according to\u00a0data from the NYC Health Department.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rabies is a deadly disease typically transmitted when an infected animal bites a human and is most commonly seen among animals such as raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes, according to experts.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the rabies vaccine is very effective and can be administered shortly after exposure. It helps the body kill the virus before it reaches the brain. <\/p>\n

After an initial dose of human rabies immune globulin, treatment consists of four doses of the rabies vaccine administered over two weeks.<\/p>\n

If an individual is left untreated and begins exhibiting rabies symptoms, the disease almost always results in death.<\/p>\n

People should report any sightings of foxes exhibiting unusual behavior in the area to NYSDEC Dispatch at 1-844-DEC-ECOS\u00a0(1-844-332-3267).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fox that may be infected with rabies is on the loose in a Staten Island nature preserve…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1034341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,15225,623,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,3649,9294,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-1034340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-animal-attacks","tag-fox","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-rabies","tag-staten-island","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}