{"id":270653,"date":"2026-08-23T11:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270653\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:26:12","slug":"aggressive-fox-reported-in-bethlehem-township-after-attacking-dog-mayor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270653\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggressive fox reported in Bethlehem Township after attacking dog, mayor says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Hunterdon CountY)\u00a0\u2014 Residents in a section of Hunterdon County were warned Saturday afternoon about an aggressive fox after the animal reportedly attacked a large dog earlier in the day, according to Bethlehem Township Mayor Paul J. Muir.\n<\/p>\n

Muir said the township\u2019s animal control officer issued an alert for the area of Hoffman Lane, Thomas Road and Pfauth Drive.\n<\/p>\n

According to Muir, the fox is skinny and is believed to possibly have a virus causing its aggressive behavior. He said the animal did not appear to have rabies or mange.<\/p>\n

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Residents who see the fox are asked to immediately contact New Jersey State Police at 908-730-6100. Anyone who encounters the fox acting aggressively toward people or domestic animals should call 911, Muir said.\n<\/p>\n

State Police and the township\u2019s animal control officer will respond, according to the mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(File Photo) BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Hunterdon CountY)\u00a0\u2014 Residents in a section of Hunterdon County were warned Saturday afternoon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-270653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}