State watching rabies attacks, new strain potential issue

A recent spree of attacks in Topsham points to a potential cluster of rabies, but not more rabies in the state, experts say.

Topsham resident attacked by rabid fox Sunday

Fourth fox attack in Topsham in two weeks

Fox attacks woman in Brunswick mobile home park before being killed with help from neighbor

Brunswick police say a fox lunged at a woman on Valerie Avenue in the Bay Bridge Estate mobile home park Friday night.

Suspected rabid fox shot after biting at children, fighting with dog Phippsburg

According to Norman Turner, Phippsburg animal control officer, the fox had porcupine quills in its mouth, a common indication the animal was rabid.

Phippsburg man shoots rabid fox that attacked him

In the third such attack in Phippsburg this year, an 82-year-old man was bitten before the animal could be killed.

Police: Fox that attacked Brunswick man last week was rabid

This is the second confirmed and third suspected case of rabies this year, all within the past two months, according to the Maine CDC. 

Brunswick man attacked by fox

The fox, presumed to be rabid, also attacked the animal control officer. This is the third known fox attack in Brunswick this summer, according to police.

Two foxes attack Woolwich man

James Collins, 79, said he was attacked by two young foxes and bitten by five times in his backyard Thursday.

Report: No animals trapped in Bath anti-rabies program had rabies

The $26,600 trapping effort also failed to catch any foxes, the species responsible for 18 rabies-related attacks on people and pets in the past year.

Rabid fox attacks family cat in Lewiston