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Woman injured in fox attack (then shot by husband)
Gainesville Sun ^ | 7/25/08 | Lise Fisher

Posted on 07/26/2008 10:46:23 AM PDT by LibWhacker

A Levy County man accidentally shot his wife Friday morning when he tried to fend off a fox that had attacked the woman, deputies reported.

The animal was killed and will be tested for rabies due to its unusual behavior, said Levy County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Evan Sullivan.

Test results won’t be available until next week, but authorities are advising anyone who comes in contact with a wild animal exhibiting strange behavior to leave it alone and contact law enforcement.

Officers were called to an accidental shooting in the 3000 block of SE 18th Ave. in the Morriston area at about 10:30 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office reported.

A couple at the address had spotted an unknown animal in their yard and went out to investigate, Sullivan said. But, once outside, the animal attacked the woman, biting her left leg. The woman couldn’t get away from the animal and told her husband to get a gun.

The man tried to shoot the fox with a .22-caliber rifle, firing seven times. He killed the animal but also accidentally shot the woman in the lower right leg.

The fox, which was still attached to the woman’s leg, had to be pried off by paramedics on the scene, Sullivan said.

The woman was taken to Shands at the University of Florida and was in stable condition, Sullivan said.

The Levy County Environmental Health Department in Bronson will house the fox’s body before it is turned over to a lab in Tampa for rabies testing.

The Sheriff's Office listed the fox as a red female fox, but after reviewing a picture of the animal, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it was a gray fox, which is more commonly found in the state.

No charges are pending in connection with the shooting, Sullivan said.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: animalrights; attacked; bang; banglist; environment; fox; leg; shot; woman
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Rabies for sure. Well, it's just my opinion, but I'll eat my hat if the fox doesn't come back positive for rabies.
1 posted on 07/26/2008 10:46:23 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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HEADLINE:...two super models shot by senior citizen after attack by fox. Mr Magoo swore the ladies called out for help......

2 posted on 07/26/2008 10:55:12 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Bit...
Shot...
Rabies shots...

This will be an interesting story to follow, if the paper decides to do so.


3 posted on 07/26/2008 10:55:15 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
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To: LibWhacker

I saw my Grandad shoot a rabid fox when I was a kid.

No humans were injured L0L


4 posted on 07/26/2008 11:00:02 AM PDT by mylife (People That Blindly Follow Obama Are Barack "Suckers")
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"NOT ME, you idiot! Shoot the fox!".

/johnny

5 posted on 07/26/2008 11:01:12 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Bless us all, each, and every one.)
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To: Doogle

LOL


6 posted on 07/26/2008 11:04:20 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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The man tried to shoot the fox with a .22-caliber rifle, firing seven times. He killed the animal but also accidentally shot the woman in the lower right leg.

He may have had better luck using the rifle as a club.

No doubt the fox and his wife were moving around quite a bit in the struggle.

A baseball bat may have been a better choice of weapon or perhaps a shotgun (being sure to aim well away from the lady’s leg). A fox having lost a good deal of its hind quarters is likely to loose consciousness.

7 posted on 07/26/2008 11:05:28 AM PDT by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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For sure rabies. I wonder how far away the husband was when he fired? In such close quarters situation, the fox wouldn't be large enough to place the womans life at immediate risk. Either shoot from point blank with the muzzle practically on the animal or, don't shoot.

A garden tool or some kind of club can quickly dispatch a rabid animal in such situation. Of course, I'm speaking from experience, I had an aunt that was in her garden when attacked by a rabid fox. She killed it with a garden hoe without being harmed.

8 posted on 07/26/2008 11:05:42 AM PDT by fso301
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Rabies for sure.

Yep. Your basic fox doesn't want to hang around gnawing a woman's leg, especially while guns are going off.

9 posted on 07/26/2008 11:05:56 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Only a Kennedy between us and tyranny.)
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I remember an old old old Dennis the Menace cartoon..

Mrs Jones, wearing her fox stole, comes to visit. Dennis answers the door and yells to his mom...

Mom! You know Mrs Jones who you always say is putting on the dog? Well, now she is wearing it!


10 posted on 07/26/2008 11:07:45 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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I wonder if one of the shots passed through the fox and into the women's leg.
11 posted on 07/26/2008 11:10:05 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Free Laz.)
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“A couple at the address had spotted an unknown animal in their yard and went out to investigate”
I can just hear the conversation between this two very smart people. Woman: Oh honey, isn't it just soooo cute. Man: Yeah, yeah, right. Woman: Get the camera honey. I want to get a picture of me and it. Man: Yes dear. Woman: Hurry, it may leave if you don't get off the couch and get the camera. Man: Yes dear. Woman: Isn't it so cute. Let me try to pet it and while I do, you get the picture. Honey, it's growling at me. Honey, honey!!!!! It's chasing me around the yard. Honey, honey do something!!!!!!! Man: Be right back, I'll get my gun. Woman: Hurry, hurry!!!! Man: Okay honey try to stand still while I aim. Man: Honey don't move. Gun fired repeatedly. Man: Damn, I missed. Woman: Screaming at the top of her lungs. Stop shooting. You hit me. Man: You didn't stop moving so I could aim correctly. Woman: It's biting me, HONEY!!!!! Man: Don't move, shot fired, there I got it. Woman: The fox is stuck to my leg. Man: Stay calm and I'll call 911. Now, I could be wrong but chances are this is exactly as it happened.
12 posted on 07/26/2008 11:10:52 AM PDT by antiunion person (President McCain--what a disgusting phrase.)
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we don’t know how accurate this story is. This might just be that biased fox news that the liberals are always whining about.


13 posted on 07/26/2008 11:15:16 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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If fox news can’t get the fox news story straight we’re all doomed!


14 posted on 07/26/2008 11:21:01 AM PDT by George from New England (now from north of Tampa Bay)
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To: Doogle

The foxes in those photos look more alive than those methed out models.


15 posted on 07/26/2008 11:35:32 AM PDT by Awestruck (All the usual suspects)
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To: mylife

She was gonna sue her husband, but didn’t have a leg to stand on!
LOL


16 posted on 07/26/2008 11:58:11 AM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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I think he would have been better off putting the end of the barrel on the ass end of the fox. I can't blame the wife if she was jumping around trying to shake off the crazy fox that had her in a death grip.
17 posted on 07/26/2008 12:09:54 PM PDT by peeps36 ( Al Gore Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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If I see an animal in the yard acting weird I am *not* going out there without my gun to start with! Go back and fetch it? No way. In fact, if I see a fox or a skunk in the daytime, it will probably be dead if I can get a bead on it. (the skunks are the rabid ones in this county)


18 posted on 07/26/2008 12:14:55 PM PDT by Grammy (Obama worked for 143 days as a Senator before deciding he was qualified to be President.)
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fired seven shots...probably killed the fox with the first round.


19 posted on 07/26/2008 12:15:43 PM PDT by palomonte
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Maybe his wife was a fox too.


20 posted on 07/26/2008 12:20:00 PM PDT by Dysart
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