SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Officials with the Virginia Department of Health say a fox tested positive for rabies in Suffolk.
That fox was captured in the 200 block of Beechwood Drive by Suffolk Animal Control. Due to the fox’s symptoms and health condition, it was humanely euthanized and tested for rabies.
Rabies is a fatal disease but preventable with proper vaccination. The most common way people are exposed to rabies is when an infected animal bites or scratched them…