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Jack Murphy, director of Urban Wildlife Rescue, A Colorado nonprofit group, said that foxes don't have a reputation for biting people, because they usually run from human contact. He estimated that there were thousands of foxes living in the metro area. News of the attack had people calling his office both to report fox sightings, and at the same time urging him to intervene to try and save Foxy from being destroyed.
Neighbors reported that the animal was seen in the area again just a few hours later. Animal Control experts eventually tracked down the animal and shot it three days later, on Wednesday night. Brain tissue tests would be done to make sure the animal didn't have rabies, which isn't likely. As Doug Kelly, director of Denver Animal Care and Control noted, there hasn't been a report of rabies in Denver for decades.
About the Fox that Bit Jasmine The red fox is usually about 3 feet in length, weighing anywhere from 9 to 11 pounds. It feeds off rodents, rabbits, and birds. It's habitat is usually woodland and wetlands on the plains, but it also resides in forest-edge communities in the mountains. Denver Animal Care and Control receives about 700-800 reports of wild animal bites such as this each year.
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