{"id":333220,"date":"2026-08-30T15:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333220\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:56:50","slug":"fox-bites-person-on-staten-island-dec-issues-rabies-warning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333220\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox bites person on Staten Island; DEC issues rabies warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0More Local News\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DEC officials said they are searching for the fox and monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They also urged people to be cautious and avoid contact with any animals in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials did not release any information on the condition of the person who was bitten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/nicole-alarcon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" 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":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A person was bitten by a fox near the Mount Loretto Unique Area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[12267,9,24,63,120686,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-333220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-fox","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pix11-news","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\/333220","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=333220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}