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YEAR CONTRACT SATURDAY.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN
WESTFIELD CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR
A FOX THAT ATTACKED THREE SMALL
CHILDREN MONDAY NIGHT IN THE
EASTWOOD ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD.
22NEWS REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU
IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST ON EFFORTS TO FIND THE
ANIMAL.
RICH, THIS POTENTIALLY RABID FOX
HAS ALREADY BITTEN THREE SMALL
OUTSIDE IN THEIR OWN YARDS AT
THE TIME.
WESTFIELD ANIMAL CONTROL
OFFICER, KEN FRAZIER, PATROLLED
THE EASTWOOD ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD
IN WESTFIELD THIS MORNING, IN
A RED FOX, SIMILAR TO THIS ONE
ON YOUR SCREEN, ALTHOUGH IT
WAS DESCRIBED AS MANGY BY ONE OF
THE VICTIMS. THE CHILDREN WHO
YEARS OLD AND ALL WERE PLAYING
OUTSIDE AT THE TIME. 6-YEAR
GRACE LEDUC'S MOM DESCRIBED FOR
ME HOW THE ATTACK HAPPENED
DRIVE.
WE SAW THE TEETH, IT OPENED IT'S
MOUTH WIDE AND TOOK A BITE OF
I HAD THE LEAFBLOWER IN MY HAND,
SO I STARTED SWINGING AT THE
FOX AND IT EVENTUALLY RAN AWAY.
ALL OF THE CHILDREN, INCLUDING
GRACE HAD JUST MINOR CUTS, BUT
WERE GIVEN SHOTS TO PROTECT THEM
FROM RABIES. OFFICER FRAZIER
RABID. HE RECOMMENDS THAT
PARENTS KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
INSIDE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. HE SAYS THAT WHEN AN
ANIMAL STARTS ATTACKING, IT MOST
LIKELY ONLY HAS 3 DAYS TO LIVE
IF IT HAS RABIES.
22NEWS WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
AIR AND ON OUR
WEBSITE...ANYWHERE,
DOT-COM. REPORTING LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM, I'M JACKIE BROUSSEAU