{"id":333210,"date":"2026-08-30T15:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333210\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:36:17","slug":"fox-bites-person-on-staten-island-dec-issues-rabies-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333210\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox bites person on Staten Island; DEC issues rabies warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WPIX New York City, NY;\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WPIX New York City, NY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aol_wpix_new_york_city_ny_articles_843.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Sun, August 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"609\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/76f5d2a0-e0f8-4e80-9b65-c4fe1cafc306.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A person was bitten by a fox near the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Saturday, prompting officials to issue a rabies warning to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued a warning to visitors at the nature preserve on Staten Island about the presence of a fox that could be infected with rabies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tMore Local News\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DEC officials said they are searching for the fox and monitoring the situation. <\/p>\n<p>They also urged people to be cautious and avoid contact with any animals in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are urged to report any fox sightings involving unusual behavior to the NYSDEC dispatch at 1\u2011844\u2011332\u20113267 or call 911 in an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not release any information on the condition of the person who was bitten. <\/p>\n<p>Nicole Alarcon is an award-winning digital content producer. She has covered local news for the tri-state area since 2021. She joined PIX11 News in 2026. See more of her work <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Sun, August 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A person was bitten&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-333210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}