Fox Tests Positive for Rabies

Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said that a fox that was killed last week in Stephens County did test positive for rabies.

Roberts said that the fox was found on West Currahee Street near the old Toccoa Casket Company property.

According to Roberts, a woman was attacked by the fox and bit before people nearby killed the fox.

Roberts said that the woman injured was taken to the hospital for treatment.